[Verse]
The night was icy cold I was alone,
I was waiting for an army foot patrol,
And when at last they came into my sight,
Oh, I squeezed the trigger of my Armalite.

Well, a shot rang out I heard a soldier cry,
"Oh, please don't leave me here alone to die",
And I realized his patrol had gone away,
And had left their wounded comrade for me to slay.

[Chorus]
Oh mama, oh mama, comfort me,
For I know these awful things have got to be,
Oh, but when the war for freedom has been won,
Oh, I promise you I'll put away my gun.

[Verse]
"There's nothing in this world I would not give,
If there's mеrcy in your heart you'll let me livе",
For in his eyes I saw a look of pain,
As the muzzle of my gun moved towards his brain.

[Chorus]
Oh mama, oh mama, comfort me,
For I know these awful things have got to be,
Oh, but when the war for freedom has been won,
Oh, I promise you I'll put away my gun.

[Verse]
The dawn was breaking as I reached my base,
I will not forget the look on that boy's face,
Fear, agony and torment were all there,
oh, but to your memory mother his life I spared.

[Chorus]
Oh mama, oh mama, comfort me,
For I know these awful things have got to be,
Oh, but when the war for freedom has been won,
Oh, I promise you I'll put away my gun.

[Outro]
Oh, but when the war for freedom has been won,
Oh, I promise you I'll put away my gun.