Billy Don't Be a Hero

The Marching Band Came Down Along Main Street

The Soldiers Blue Step in Behind

I Looked Acrss and There I Saw Billy

Waiting to Go and Goin the Line

And With Her Head Upon His Shoulder

His Young and Lovely Fiance

From Were I Stood I Saw She Was Crying

And Through a Tear I Heard Her Say

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"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 Billy Started to Go

She Said "Keep Your Pretty Head Low

Billy Don't Be a Hero Come Back to Me"

The Soldiers Blue Were Traped On a Hill Side

The Battle Raging All Around

The Seargent Cried "We've Got to Hang On Boys

We've Got to Hold This Peice of Land

I Need a Voluteer to Ride Up

And Bring Us Back Some Extra Men"

And Billys Hand Was Up in a Moment

Forgeting All the Words She Said

She Said

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I Heard His Fiance Got a Lettter

That Told How Billy Died That Day

The Lettter Said That He Was a Hero

She Should Be Proud He Died That Way

I Heard She Threw the Letter Away

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