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Ballad Of A Union Soldier

from November's Child by Roy Smiles

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Ballad Of A Union Soldier

Son I know you’re sleeping & it’s only break of day
And though I hate to wake you there’s something I must say
For once the sun has risen I must rise & ride away
To fight for Mr. Lincoln against Southern men in grey.

Son I know you’re frightened but it’s the time of the gun
This is a day for battle & a long war to be won
I must ride with all my pride to a place they call Bull Run
And though it breaks my heart to go: there's killing to be done.

Chorus
I fight for Mr. Lincoln & to heed my country’s call
For the rebel boys are coming with shot & cannonball
And a house that is divided will surely always fall
They seek to break the Union & they are traitors all.

Son I know you’re crying but it’s no glory that I crave
But my duty is calling & there’s a Union to save
And though I know I may ride to my bloody grave
I fight so no living thing will again be made a slave.

(Instrumental)

Chorus

They may have Stonewell Jackson, they may have Bobby Lee
But they cannot kill a nation nor chain a people free
Though we may never meet again remember what you mean to me
Son my love for you is deeper than any sea.

Chorus (X2)

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from November's Child, released May 2, 2002

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Roy Smiles London, UK

Roy Smiles has recorded ten albums:
'Drunks & Dreamers' (2011), 'Time's Moving On' (2012),'Seize The Day' (2013), 'Autumn Song' (2014), 'Bremen' (2014), 'The Trains & The Rain' (2015), 'Northern Angels'.(2018), 'Lost Souls' (2020), 'November's Child' (2023) & 'Tales Of The Ocean' (2023).
All available on Bandcamp.
Contact: roy.smiles@aol.co.uk. ... more

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