Six

teen

years

old

54

When

I

went

to

the

war

124

To

fight

for

a

land

201

Fit

for

he

roes,

249

God

on

my

side,

358

And

a

gun

in

my

hand,

434

Cha

sing

my

days

518

Down

to

ze

ro,

568

And

I

marched

641

And

I

fought

679

And

I

bled

and

I

died

750

And

I

ne

ver

did

get

820

A

ny

o

~l

der,

881

But

I

knew

948

At

the

time,

989

That

a

yea

~r

1031

In

the

line,

1064

Was

a

long

e

nough

life

1144

For

a

so

~l

dier,

1197

We

a

~ll

vo

lun

teerd

1529

And

we

wro

~te

down

our

names,

1602

And

we

ad

ded

1653

Two

yea

~rs

1686

To

our

a

ges

1730

Ea

ger

1813

For

life

1844

And

a

head

of

1892

The

game,

1923

Rea

dy

1966

For

his

to

ry’s

pa

ges,

2039

And

we

bra

~wled

2122

And

we

fought

2158

And

we

who

~red

2197

’til

we

stood,

2242

Ten

thou

sand

2290

Shoul

der

2318

To

sho

~ul

der,

2357

A

thirst

for

the

Hun,

2468

We

were

fo

~od

2510

For

the

gun,

2547

And

that’s

what

you

are

2624

When

you’re

sol

diers,

2674

I

heard

my

friend

cry,

3713

And

he

sank

to

his

knees,

3782

Coug

hing

blood

3833

As

he

screamed

3873

For

his

mo

ther

3918

And

I

fell

by

his,

side,

4023

And

that’s

4066

How

we

died,

4108

Clin

ging

like

kids

to

each

o

ther,

4230

And

I

lay

in

the

mud

4340

And

the

guts

and

the

blood,

4419

And

I

wept

4459

As

his

bo

dy

grew

co

~l

der,

4546

And

I

ca

~lled

for

my

mo

ther

4652

And

she

~

ne

ver

came,

4721

Though

it

wa

~sn’t

my

fault

4800

And

I

wa

~sn’t

4849

To

blame,

4886

The

da

~y

not

half

o

ver

4959

And

ten

thou

sand

slain,

5039

And

now

there’s

no

bo

dy

re

mem

bers

ou

~r

names

5216

And

that’s

how

it

is

5300

For

a

so

~l

dier.

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