Oh! Thou hapless soldier

Oh! Thou hapless soldier,

Left unseen to moulder

Here on the lonely plain.

Far thy comrades flying,

Lost, abandon'd, dying

Here on the lonely plain.

Faint - and none to cheer thee,

Moaning - none to hear thee,

Dying - and none near thee

On this lonely plain.

No fond tears fall o'er thee,

No fond hearts deplore thee,

Here on the lonely plain.

Power! Ambition! Glory!

Read we then your story

Here on the lonely plain.

Some fond maid is sighing

For the hero lying

Here on the lonely plain.

Never, hapless soldier,

Fated to behold her,

Left unseen to moulder

On this lonely plain.

No fond tears fall o'er thee,

No fond hearts deplore thee,

Here on the lonely plain.