Dolly Gray

 

It’s time to say goo-bye, Dolly Gray;

There’s no need to ask me why, Dolly Gray.

There’s a murmur in the air, you can hear it everywhere,

It’s the time to do and dare, Dolly Gray.

 

CHORUS

 

Good-bye, Dolly, I must leave you, though it breaks my heart to go;

Something tells me I am needed, at the front to meet the foe;

See, the soldier boys are marching, I can no longer stay;

Hark, I hear the bugle calling, Good-bye Dolly Gray.

 

There’s a murmur in the air, Dolly Gray

You can hear it everywhere, Dolly Gray

Tis the tramp of soldiers feet, in their uniforms so neat,

So good-bye, till next we meet, Dolly Gray

 

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     The first verse of this song was also collected in 1978 by Brad Tate from Tommy Anderson. I collected the second verse of this song from Jimmy Duffy of Stanthorpe, Qld.  It was a popular American song that was popular during the Spanish-American War of 1898. It has been claimed that it was actually written during the American Civil War, but wasn’t popular until 1898.