Now this war has ended
and I am homeward bound
I'll be leaving some buddies behind me
Some boy's who'll never be found.

Away from the fierceness of fighting
Away from those battle scars
Back to my home in the mountains
Where the Rockies touch the stars.

Back to the peaceful valley
The one that I once knew
Back to the peaceful valley
Where ill winds never blew.

Where the Canada geese are calling
Along the Columbia River's bars
Back to my home in the mountains
Where the Rockies touch the stars.

Author: Jack Thompson, 1945