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.