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Shel Silverstein
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Boom bah bah,
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Boom bah bah boom,
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Twelve riders in the gloom
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Seven show red and the rest are dead,
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But the First Battalion's home.
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Boom bah bah,
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Boom bah bah boom,
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You can hear the hoof beats boom,
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The drums are low and the pace is slow,
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But the First Battalion's home.
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So run to your homes, Virginia gals
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And fix your hair with pins
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And give them wine and kisses,
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But don't ask them where they've been.
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Boom bah bah,
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Boom bah bah boom,
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And Richmond is their tomb,
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There's a hundred still at Richmond,
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Three hundred dead at Gettysburg,
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And a hundred more we've never found,
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But the First Battalion's home.
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So hold him close and keep him warm
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And hang his coat away
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And don't you mind that spot of red,
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That's spread in through the gray.
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Boom bah bah,
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Boom bah bah boom,
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And Richmond is their tomb,
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There's a hundred still at Richmond,
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Three hundred dead at Gettysburg,
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And a hundred more we've never found,
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But the First Battalion's home.
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