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I have heard the cannons thundering all night

And i cannot sleep for wondering why's a rebel's cause so right

And the morphine seems to do no good at all

And i would run away it i would not fall

I joined the southern cavalry for fun

And i had rode a thousand horses

Always had a way with a gun

Now i'm among the horseless riders lying still

Swallowed up by the cause on the widows hill

And i dreamed about a rose in a spanish garden

And i kissed you and i placed it in your hair

And if i'm ever on my feet again i will

And i will run all the way just to meet you there

Through the day i watched those southern boys go down

And they lay like georgia peaches bruised and broken on the ground

Through the night i wondered was it worth the pain

And i cried not revenge i called your name

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