Goodbye

Light opera song
My heart is broken, but what care I? Such pride inside me has woken,
I shall do my best not to cry, by and by,
When the final farewells must be spoken.
I'll join the legion, that's what I'll do, and in some far distant region,
Where human hearts are staunch and true; I shall start my life anew.

Goodbye, it's time I sought a foreign clime,
Where I may find there are hearts more kind than I leave behind.
And so I go to fight the savage foe,
Although I know that I'll be sometimes missed by the girls I've kissed.

In some Abyssinian, French dominion I shall do my bit,
And fall for the flag if I must.
Where the desert sand is nice and handy, I 'll be full of grit,
You won't see my heels for the dust.

I'll do or die, or know the reason why when told,
Of boldly opposed last stands for the fatherland.

Goodbye. Goodbye. I wish you all a last "Goodbye".
Goodbye. Goodbye. I wish you all a last "Goodbye

Category:

Music

Tags:

• josef
• Locke
• white
• horse
• inn
• goodbye
• Irish
• Tenor

[TheDeep48]

my favourite song of his thank god his voice lives on. how lucky i was to have met the man himself

[lorgain2]

Nice one, the deep, thanks for the comment.

[lorgain2]

Yes what did he expect, clobber to the knees.

[lorgain2]

Thanks for the comment, lyn.

[lorgain2]

Even the tee-totallers here tried to imitate him as well.

[lorgain2]

Thanks for the comment WeLoveit.

[oldbetterwareman]

This one brought a smile to me and fond memories of an old shipmate of mine who used to sing this song at the top of his voice while marching up and down usually in front of gathered local crowds when we went ashore. This was in the early 70s in the Persian Gulf; his name was Mick Roach from Dublin, just a lovely guy, full of fun and excellent entertainment. I lost touch with him and often wonder if he is still living. Thanks for reviving old memories. Isnt You Tube just great?

[machree01]

Joe knows how put it over, superb, well sung by a Derry man.

[paullavan2011]

Beat this.

[ocnjgirl12]

PLEASE DON'T READ THIS. ONE YOU LOVE.NOW YOU'VE STARTED READING THIS SO DON'T STOP. 1say your name 10times. 2say your mom's name 5 times. 3say your crushes name 3 times. 4paste this on 4 other quizzes.if you. do this your crush will kiss you on the.nearest Friday. if you don't do this after. reading this you will get bad luck. send this to 4 other vids in143 minutes. when your done press F6 and the name of your crush will appear on the screen in big letters

[despoolkop]

me dad sang this song,and open my world to a whole lot of music that I would have probabely missed,thanks Dad :)

[darkallegiance666]

@oldbetterwareman Totally agree with you - Youtube's fabulous for enterrtainment, interest, knowledge, meeting friends etc. I haven't heard this song for over 40 years, and just typed in some of the lyrics and found it. Thanks for sharing your story about your shipmate.

[jrjerde]

This is pitched too high.

[amimillie]

How about that last note, then? Immortal.

[barbie5518]

Fantastic Joe.

[tomatotomata]

Such a powerful voice,love his songs.

[lovelifesolo]

im young and my family loves joseph lockes songs my grandad use to sing them doing the gardening it often brings a tear to my eye thank you for giving me the memory xxx