Deep Compassion in the Eyes

They've got us all laid out in tents,
 In beds and stretchers and on blankets
 And in the Raadzaal lying on the floor
 And in the darkness there appears a lady with a lamp
 All dressed up in a snow white pinafore.
 These lovely girls from 'round the world
 Their eyes they twinkle and they shine
 And suddenly I came to realize;
 green or grey or brown or blue, doesn't matter what the hue
 There's a deep compassion in the eyes.
 Deep compassion in the eyes
 Deep compassion in the eyes.
 Now Georgie lying next to me is close to death as he can be,
 He has wounds he hardly can endure,
 But cool hands on his brow will give him reason just to go on living,
 She moves on now she's tending to a Boer.
 Then she speaks to me in Dutch, but her caring means so much,
 All I know is what she said is wise.
 Doesn't matter what she said, here beside me by my bed
 I saw the deep compassion in her eyes.
 Deep compassion in the eyes
 Deep compassion in the eyes.
 The matron comes to do her rounds, her face is hard but what I found,
 Around here eyes are traces of laugh lines,
 So really all is not in vain I know that she'll laugh again.
 When we all get through these awful times.
 She puts it on to get things done, not only me but everyone
 Knows deep down she has love she can't disguise,
 They say she's even shone her lamp in a nearby concentration camp
 With that deep compassion in her eyes.
 Heard someone say the other day, some nurses they had passed away
 They caught the same disease as us and died.
 I saw a battle-hardened wounded soldier trying to hide his grief,
 He looked away and he broke down and cried.
 The padre came around today and told us that there is no way
 That an Angel ever dies.
 They've gone to heaven everyone on account of what they've done,
 God saw the deep compassion in their eyes.
 Deep compassion in the eyes
 Deep compassion in the eyes.