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
As 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 a 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