I have heard the cannons thunderin' all night
And I cannot sleep for wondering why the rebel's cause is right
And the morphine seems to do no good at all
And I would run away if I would not fall.
I joined the southern cavalry for fun
I have rode a thousand horses, always had a way with a gun
Now I'm among the horseless riders lyin' still
Swallowed up by the cause on the Widow's Hill
And I dreamed about a Rose in a Spanish garden
And I kissed you and I placed it in your hair
If I'm ever on my feet again I will
I would run all the way just to meet you there
Through the day I watched those southern boys go down
And they, like Georgia peaches, bruised and broken on the ground
Through the night, I wonder is it worth the pain
And I cry not revenge, I call your name
And I dreamed about a Rose in a Spanish garden
And I kissed you and I placed it in your hair
If I'm ever on my feet again I will
And I would run all the way just to meet you there
And I cannot sleep for wondering why the rebel's cause is right
And the morphine seems to do no good at all
And I would run away if I would not fall.
I joined the southern cavalry for fun
I have rode a thousand horses, always had a way with a gun
Now I'm among the horseless riders lyin' still
Swallowed up by the cause on the Widow's Hill
And I dreamed about a Rose in a Spanish garden
And I kissed you and I placed it in your hair
If I'm ever on my feet again I will
I would run all the way just to meet you there
Through the day I watched those southern boys go down
And they, like Georgia peaches, bruised and broken on the ground
Through the night, I wonder is it worth the pain
And I cry not revenge, I call your name
And I dreamed about a Rose in a Spanish garden
And I kissed you and I placed it in your hair
If I'm ever on my feet again I will
And I would run all the way just to meet you there
Contributed by Dq82 - 2018/5/21 - 11:42
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A Touching Love Letter written during the Civil War dated July 25, 1864