To Henry Tucker, Esq.
"Mother Kissed Me In My Dream" (1864)
Sung by Madame Anna Bishop, at her concerts,
founded on an incident of the Battle of Antietam.
(BALLAD)
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    A young soldier who was severely wounded at the Battle of
Antietam, lay in one of the hospitals at Frederick. A Surgeon,
passing by his bed-side, and seeing his boyish face lighted up
with a peaceful smile, asked him how he felt.  "Oh! I am happy
and contented now," the soldier replied.  "Last night, Mother
kissed me in my dream!"
==
Words  by George Cooper, 1838-1927
Music by John Rogers Thomas, 1819-1896

New York: Wm. A. Pond & Co., 547 Broadway
[Source: 089/037@Levy]

1.
Lying on my dying bed,
Thro' dark and silent night,
Praying for the coming day:
Came a vision to my sight;
Near me stood the forms I lov'd
In the sunlight's mellow gleam,
Folding me unto her breast--
Mother kiss'd me in my dream!
Mother! Mother,
Mother kiss'd me in me dream!

2.
Comrades, tell her when you write
That I did my duty well,--
Say that when the battle rag'd,
Fighting in the van I fell;
Tell her too, when on my bed,
Slowly ebb'd my being's stream,
How I knew no peace until
Mother kiss'd me in my dream!
Mother, Mother,
Mother kiss'd me in my dream!

3.
Once again I long to see
Home and kindred far away,
But I feel I shall be gone,
Ere there dawns another day;
Hopefully I bide the hour
When will fade my life's feeble beam,
Ev'ry pang has left me now--
Mother kiss'd me in my dream!
Mother, Mother,
Mother kiss'd me in my dream!