Kathy Mattea The Southern Soldier Boy lyrics

Bob Roebuck is my sweetheart's name
He's off to the wars and gone
He's fighting for his Nannie dear
His sword is buckled on

He's fighting for his own true love
His foes he does defy
He is the darling of my heart
My Southern soldier boy

Oh, if in battle he was slain
I'm sure that I should die
but I'm sure he'll come again
And cheer my weeping eye

But should he fall in this our glorious cause

He still would be my joy
For many a sweetheart mourns the loss
Of a Southern soldier boy

I hope for the best and so do all
Whose hopes are in the field
I know that we shall win the day
For Southerns never yield

And when we thing of those who are away
We'll look above for joy
And I'm mighty glad
That my Bobby is a Southern soldier boy