Billy Don't Be A Hero--Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods
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The marchin' band came down along main street
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The soldier blues fell in behind
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I looked across and there I saw Billy
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Waiting to go and join the line
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And with her head upon his shoulder
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His young and lovely fiancee
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From where I stood I saw she was cryin'
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And through her tears I heard her say
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Billy, don't be a hero, don't be a fool with your life
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Billy, don't be a hero, come back and make me your wife
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And as he started to go,
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She said Billy keep your head low
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Billy, don't be hero, come back to me.
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The soldier blues were trapped on a hillside
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The battle raging all around
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The sergeant cried, We've got to hang on boys!"
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We've got to hold this piece of ground
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I need a volunteer to ride up,
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And bring us back some extra men,
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And Billy's hand was up in a moment
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Forgettin' all the words she said...she said
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I heard his fiancee got a letter
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That told how Billy died that day
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The letter 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