Name: One Vacant Chair
Duration: P00H03M24S
Description: A Civil War era mourning song, based on a true life story about a young soldier, written originally as a poem by Henry S. Washburn put to music later by George F. Root.

One Vacant Chair

from songs my mother sang by Jennifer Leonhardt

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A Civil War era mourning song, based on a true life story about a young soldier, written originally as a poem by Henry S. Washburn put to music later by George F. Root.

lyrics

We shall meet but we shall miss him
There will be one vacant chair.
We shall linger to caress him
While we breathe our ev'ning prayer.
When one year ago we gathered,
Joy was in his mild blue eye.
Now the golden cord is severed,
and our hopes in ruin lie.

Chorus:
We shall meet, but we shall miss him.
There will be one vacant chair.
We shall linger to caress him
While we breathe our ev'ning prayer.

True, they tell us wreaths of glory
Evermore will deck his brow,
But this soothes the anguish only,
Sweeping o'er our heartstrings now.
Sleep today, o early fallen,
In thy green and narrow bed.
Dirges from the pine and cypress
Mingle with the tears we shed.

Chorus
We shall meet, but we shall miss him.
There will be one vacant chair.
We shall linger to caress him
While we breathe our ev'ning prayer.

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from songs my mother sang, released May 15, 2013
vocals: Jennifer Leonhardt, Juliet Tondowski
guitar: Jennifer Leonhardt

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A serious girl from Ft Worth contemplates the Uni-verse

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