beside the kirkyard wall -- the saddest song of all -- 1916 -- Great War songs

Speranza 1916 green hills o’ Somerset green hills o’ Somerset when shall we walk by you green hills once more. green hills o' Somerset! green hills o' Somerset! no more we'll walk by you, green hills, once more! o the green hills o' Somerset go rolling to the shore; `twas there we said that we'd get wed, when spring came round once more. `twas there we kissed and said goodbye beside the kirkyard wall, and the song the blackbird sang to us was the sweetest song of all. o the green hills o' Somerset go rolling to the sea, and still today the violets are blooming there for me. the shadows kiss the waving grass, beside the kirkyard wall, but the song the blackbird sings to me is the saddest song of all. Weatherly.