Wearing The Red Cross

O what shall women do, when men must go to war?
They may not wield the sword, or suffer wound and scar;
With spirits just as brave, as loyal and as true,
When men must go to war, O what shall women do?

Chorus
'Twas a blood-stained cross that the Lord Christ bore,
When he died to make men free:
And a red, red cross must the whole world wear
When fighting for liberty.

Turn back two thousand years to Calg'ry's day of gloom,
Who last to leave the cross!  Who first to reach the tomb?
The cross where Mary wept has never lost its pow'r
To comfort those who mourn in ev'ry fateful hour.

(Repeat Chorus)

Since you must bear the cross, O women ev'ry where,
Come join the Red Cross host and Mary's sorrow share,
The sacrificial host who suffer loss and pain
As did the Lord himself, a better world to gain.

(Repeat Chorus)