Leaves from the vine,
Falling so slow.
Like fragile, tiny shells
Drifting in the foam.
Little soldier boy
Come marching home.
Brave soldier boy
Comes marching home.
These leaves did fall
From branches overgrown.
Drifting slowly down.
Resting all alone.
Little soldier boy
Taken from a home.
Forced to fight a war
That is not his own.
Leaves from the vine,
Falling so slow.
Like fragile, tiny shells
Drifting in the foam.
Little soldier boy
Come marching home.
Brave soldier boy
Comes marching home.
Leaves fell that night
When everything was silent.
No one dared to make a noise.
The little soldier boy
Found his way back home.
His mother wrapped her arms
Around his corpse.
Leaves from the vine,
Falling so slow.
Like fragile, tiny shells
Drifting in the foam.
Little soldier boy
Come marching home.
Brave soldier boy
Come marching home.