A good soldier of Jesus Christ.
2 Timothy 2:3
Words: Cora E. Howes, in Sunshine Songs, by Charles Gabriel (Chicago, Illinois: Meyer & Brothers, 1895), number 90.
Music: Charles H. Gabriel (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good photo of Howes (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
We are little soldiers,
Fighting for our king;
Don’t you love to hear us,
As we so gladly sing?
Refrain
Tramp, tramp, tramp,
We are coming, coming, coming!
Tramp, tramp, tramp,
Coming with an army strong;
Tramp, tramp, tramp,
We are coming, coming, coming, coming,
Fighting everything that’s wrong.
Satan will entrap us,
If we don’t look out;
When we see him coming,
We raise our army shout.
Refrain
We are little soldiers,
But we know the right;
When the foe is near us,
We pray, and sing with might.
Refrain