Slide set: Just as the sun went down (song: Bamforth & Co., 19 slides, 1903)

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After the din of the battle's o'er, just at the close of day

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Wounded and bleeding upon the field, two dying soldiers lay

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One held a ringlet of thin grey hair, one held a lock of brown

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Bidding each other a last farewell, just as the sun went down

Slide 6

One thought of mother, at home and alone, feeble and old and grey

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One of the sweetheart, he left in town, happy and young and gay

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Slide 9

Bidding farewell to the dear old flag, just as the sun went down

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One knew the joy of a mother's love, one of a sweetheart fair

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Thinking of home, they lay side by side, breathing a farewell prayer

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They closed their eyes to the earth and skies, just as the sun went down

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Then came the news from a comrade's lips, one who'd survived the fight

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Sweetheart and mother were listening there, oh, what a pitiful sight

Slide 18

Two hearts nigh broken, two noble lives lost, fighting, defending the Crown

Slide 19

Still they were proud of the heroes who died just as the sun went down

Number of slides

Manufacturer

Bamforth & Co., England

Main type of image

life model

Main usage of set

song

Date of first manufacture

1903

Reading or song

‘Lyn Udall’, ‘Just as the sun went down’ (London: Charles Sheard & Co., 1898)

Collections

18 slides known to exist in private collection

Subject keyword

creative arts – music – songs

Lucerna ID 3002401

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 23 November 2016

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Slide set: Just as the sun went down (song: Bamforth & Co., 19 slides, 1903)