Old Soldiers Never Die

Performed by Gene Autry
Recorded April 20, 1951

Old soldiers never die
Never die, never die
Old soldiers never die
They just fade away

On the seventh of December
In the year of forty-one
The free world met disaster
At the hands of the Rising Sun
From the bastions of Corregidor
Pearl Harbor and Bataan
Came the sound of war and fury
And the Death March of free man

Old soldiers never die
Never die, never die
Old soldiers never die
They just fade away

Then from the land
Of way down under
A mighty voice did say
Our cause is just
In God we trust
I will return someday
From Mindanao to Tarawa
Our battle song it grew
Until on Surabachi
At last Old Glory flew

Old soldiers never die
Never die, never die
Old soldiers never die
They just fade away

From Iwo, Leyte
And a thousand Isles
Our just cause never ceased
Until one day, he did return
And once more, there was peace
And now somewhere, there stands the man
His duty o'er and won
The world will ne'er forget him
To him we say, "Well done"

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