The marching band came down along the main street, the soldier blues fell in the behind, I looked acrosss and there I saw Billy waiting to go and join the line, and with her head upo her shoulder, his young and fiance, from where I stood I saw she was crying, and thru her fear I heard her say.
*Billy don't be a hero, don't be a fool with your life, billy don't be a hero, come back and make me your wife, and as they started to go, she said Billy keep your head low, Billy don't be a hero, come back to me.
The soldier blues were trapped on a hillside, the battle raging all around, the sergeant cried we gotta hold his piece of ground, I need a volunteer to ride out and bring us back some extra man, and Billy's hand was set up in a moment, forgetting all the words she said:
I heard this fiance got a letter said that told how Billy died that day, the letter said that he died that way, I heard she threw the letter away.
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