Cold wind in the morning 
telegram arrives 
Arriving with no warning 
Another mother cries 

Husbands, sons and brothers 
Hailed the call to war 
Blinded by the others 
The promise: one for all 

What's it all in aid of? 
Obeying [bad word] 
Cold and tired and hungry 
Dying for some land 

WHY DON'T YOU CRY, SOLDIER CRY? 
ANOTHER LETTER, YOU SHOULD KNOW BETTER 
CRY, SOLDIER CRY 
THERE WILL BE SORROW UNTIL TOMORROW 
SO CRY, SOLDIER CRY 

The fear and all the sadness 
Of what it has [bad word] 
In this world of madness 
Another soldier gone 

Salute the highest honour 
The folding of the flag 
Finally the end is 
Another bodybag 

And all the time [bad word] 
Their backs against the wall 
band of brothers fighting 
One by one they fall 

WHY DON'T YOU CRY, SOLDIER CRY? 
ANOTHER LETTER, YOU SHOULD KNOW BETTER 
CRY, SOLDIER CRY 
THERE WILL BE SORROW UNTIL TOMORROW 
SO CRY, SOLDIER CRY 

What's it all in aid of? 
Obeying [bad word] 
Cold and tired and hungry 
Dying for some land 

WHY DON'T YOU CRY, SOLDIER CRY? 
ANOTHER LETTER, YOU SHOULD KNOW BETTER 
CRY, SOLDIER CRY 
THERE WILL BE SORROW UNTIL TOMORROW 
SO CRY, SOLDIER CRY