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THIS FILE IS THE AuTHOR'S OWN WORK AND REPRESENTS MY INTERPRETATION OF THE SONG
UMM, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE DONE THIS SO IF THERE ARE ANY MISTAKES
FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME WITH ABUSE, ADVISE ETC.
MATT :-)
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THERE IS A LOT MORE GOING ON HERE BUT YOU CAN GET THE GENERAL IDEA.
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WE SIGNED UP IN SAN ANTON
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MY BROTHER PAUL AND ME
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TO FIGHT WITH BEN MCCOLLOCH
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AND THE TEXAS INFANTRY
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WELL THE POSTER SAID WE'D GET A UNIFORM
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AND SEVEN BUCKS A WEEK
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THE BEST RATIONS IN THE ARMY
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AND A RIFLE WE COULD KEEP
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WHEN I FIRST LAID EYES ON THE GENERAL
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I KNEW HE WAS A FIGHTING MAN
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HE WAS EVERY INCH A SOLDIER
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EVERY WORD WAS HIS COMMAND
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WELL HIS EYES WERE COLD AS LEAD AND STEEL
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FORGED INTO TOOLS OF WAR
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HE TOOK THE LIVES OF MANY
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AND THE SOULS OF MANY MORE
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WELL THEY MARCHED US TO MISSOURI
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AND WE HARDLY STOPPED FOR REST
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THEN HE MADE HIS SPEECH AND SAID
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WE'RE COMIN' TO THE TEST
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WELL WE'VE GOT TO TAKE SAINT LOUIS BOYS
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BEFORE THE YANKEES DO
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IF WE CONTROL THE MISSISSIPPI
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THEN THE FEDERALS ARE THROUGH
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WELL THEY TOLD US THAT OUR ENEMY
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WOULD ALL BE DRESSED IN BLUE
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THEY FORGOT ABOUT THE WINTERS COLD
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AND THE CURSED FEVER TOO
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MY BROTHER DIED IN WILSONS CREEK
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WE FELL BACK TO THE BOSTON MOUNTAINS
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IN THE NORTH OF ARKANSAS
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GODDAMN YOU BEN MCCOLLOCH
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I HATE YOU MORE THAN ANY MAN ALIVE
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AND WHEN YOU DIE
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YOU'LL BE A FOOT SOLDIER JUST LIKE ME
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IN THE DEVILS INFANTRY
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AND ALL THE WAY TO FAYETTEVILLE
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WE CURSED MCCULLOCH'S NAME
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AND MOURNED THE DEAD WE'D LEFT BEHIND
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AND WE WAS CARRING THE LAME
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I KILLED A BOY THE OTHER NIGHT
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WHO'D NEVER EVEN SHAVED
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I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT I'M FIGHTIN' FOR
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I AIN'T EVER OWNED A SLAVE
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SO I SNUCK OUT OF CAMP
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AND I HEARD THE NEWS NEXT NIGHT
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THE YANKEES WON THE BATTLE
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AND MCCOLLOCH LOST HIS LIFE
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GODDAMN YOU BEN MCCOLLOCH
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I HATE YOU MORE THAN ANY MAN ALIVE
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AND WHEN YOU DIE
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YOU'LL BE A FOOT SOLDIER JUST LIKE ME
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IN THE DEVILS INFANTRY
