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Stories and books by Howard L Johnson,
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THING CALLED WAR MOMMA SEARCHED ALL NIGHT FOR THE RIGHT WORDS TO SAY SHE DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO TELL US DADDY'S GOING AWAY AT THE AGE OF TWO I DIDN'T KNOW A THREE LETTER WORD LIKE WAR AT THE AGE OF SEVEN I STILL DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE FIGHTING WAS FOR THEN I SEEN MY DADDY HE WAS WAVING GOOD-BYE THAT'S THE FIRST TIME WE SAW OUR MOMMA CRY HE WAS A PATRIOT, GOOD SOILDER THROUGH AND THROUGH HE LIVED AND FOUGHT HIS LIFE FOR THE RED, WHITE & BLUE STILL GOT THE OLD FISHING POLE THAT HE BOUGHT STILL GOT MY FIRST RIFLE NEVER TOOK MY FIRST SHOT LAST TIME I SAW MY DADDY HE WAS WAVING GOOD-BYE THAT'S THE FIRST TIME I SAW MOMMA CRY HUSH LITTLE BABY DON'T YOU CRY MOMMAS GONNA SING YOU A LULLABY ONE THAT'S GONNA LAST FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE REST OF YOUR LIFE I REMEMBER WHEN THEY DRAPED THE FLAG OVER MY DADDY'S GRAVE FIRED ALL THE GUNS PLANES FLEW OVER AND I WAIVED THEY SAID HE DIED A HERO, A MAN THAT WAS REALLY BRAVE HE GAVE HIS LIFE TO SAVE THE COUNTRY FOR YOU AND ME HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY TIS' OF THEE SAID HUSH LITTLE SOILDER DON'T YOU CRY MOMMAS GONNA SING YOU A LULLABY ONE THAT'S GONNA TAKE YOU INTO YOUR NEXT LIFE. BABY BYE BYE LAST TIME I SAW MY DADDY, HE WAS FLYING TO THE SKY THAT'S THE FIRST TIME I HAD TEARS IN MY EYE MOMMA DON'T CRY, DADDY BYE BYE HUSH LITTLE DARLING DON'T YOU CRY MOMMAS GONNA SING YOU A LULLABY SING IT LIKE THE ANGELS FLOAT ON BY IN THE NIGHT MOMMA DON'T CRY, DADDY GOOD-BYE COPYRIGHT © 2004 HOWARD L JOHNSON & DAWN BARKER |
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