Two Little Boys

Two little boys had two little toys
Each had a wooden horse
Gaily they played each summer's day
Warriors both of course
One little chap then had a mishap
He broke off his horse's head
Wept for his toy, then cried with joy
As his young playmate said

"Did you think I would leave you crying
When there's room on my horse for two?
Climb up here Jack, and don't be crying
I can go just as fast with two
When we grow up we'll both be soldiers
And our horses will not be toys
And I wonder if we'll remember
When we were two little boys"

Long years passed, war came so fast
Bravely they marched away
Cannon roared loud, and in the mad crowd
Wounded and dying lay
Up goes a shout, a horse dashes out
Out from the ranks so blue
He gallops away to where Joe lay
Then came a voice he knew

"Did you think I would leave you dying?
(When) there's room on my horse for two
Climb up here Joe, we'll soon be flying
I can go just as fast with two
Did you say, Joe, I'm all a-tremble?
Perhaps it's the battle's noise
But I think it's that I remember
When we were two little boys"

Do you think I would leave you dying?
There's room on my horse for two
Climb up here Joe, we'll soon by flying
Back to the ranks so blue
Can you feel, Joe, I'm all a-tremble?
Perhaps it's the battle's noise
But I think it's that I remember
When we were two little boys