<< Billy Don't Be A Hero >>
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The marching band came down along main street
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the soldiers blue step in behind
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I looked acrss and there I saw Billy
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waiting to go and goin the line
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and with her head upon his shoulder
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his young and lovely fiance
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from were I stood I saw she was crying
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and through a tear I heard her say
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(chorus)
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"Billy don't be a hero,
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don't be a fool with your life
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Billy don't be a hero,
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come back and make me your wife"
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and as Billy started to go
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she said "keep your pretty head low
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Billy don't be a hero come back to me"
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The soldiers blue were traped on a hill side
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the battle raging all around
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The seargent cried "we've got to hang on boys
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we've got to hold this peice of land
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I need a voluteer to ride up
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and bring us back some extra men"
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And Billys hand was up in a moment
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Forgeting all the words she said
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She said
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(chorus)
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I heard his fiance got a lettter
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that told how billy died that day
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the lettter said that he was a hero
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she should be proud he died that way
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I heard she threw the letter away
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(chorus)
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Billy Don't Be A Hero
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