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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