Bayonets and Banners

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Joshua Tell

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I got me a cattle ranch
Back in '51
Started up a family there
With three girls and a son
But when the war spread out west
And my brothers joined with Johnny Reb
I followed suit
And off we rode

And midst that pomp and circumstance
It seemed so clear back then
The land we loved and grew upon
Belonged in our own hands

But now we're seven hundred miles from Missouri
And it's been seven lonely months on the road
So won't you pass me over some of that bourbon
And let's make a toast
To when the bayonets and banners lie buried
And we go home

Now Wilson's Creek we hit 'em good
And damn those Yankees run
But little did we know it then
The hell that was to come
When on the front lines at Elkhorn Tavern
How the northern shells and bullets rained
And when the smoke cleared
Of my brothers, only I remained

And so I ask you how much killing
Will it take 'til this war is finally over
And if heaven abide
I might just someday get to see my baby
Nestled up by my side?
Oh 'cause the death here and the dying
Man, the screaming and blood
It's a nightmare with no ending in sight
But to the beating of the cannon
Still we fly our battle-torn flag high
Oh and I guess we'll just keep right on flying it
For who knows why

So through the days and sleepless nights
I shudder at the loss
And what a farce to think this fight
Could justify the cost
So now comrades, if you make it
And I should fall upon these hills
Would you take my spirit back to my kinfolk
And help my wife and kids

'Cause now I'm seven hundred miles from Missouri
And it's been seven lonely months on the road
So won't you pass me over some of that bourbon
And let's make a toast
To when the bayonets and banners lie buried
And we go home

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