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Infamous Stringdusters
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Verse 1
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I was born in Pennsylvania
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In 1851
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I grew up on my father's farm, the youngest of three sons
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The Civil War was raging the year that I turned 12
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My father joined the ranks of blue, left us by ourselves
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Boys I tell you true, I learned things I never knew
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In summer heat, we prayed for rain the first day of July
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The far of thunder rumbling, no storm clouds in the sky
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My brothers grabbed their rifles, said to my mother first
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Mamma that's the sounds of cannon up by Gettysburg
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Boys I tell you true, I learned things I never knew
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Verse 2
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Two fearful days and sleepless nights
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We waited with no word
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Till the guns fell silent the morning of the third
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My mother watched the road all day and kept me there close by
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Till dusk was hard upon us and the water jug was dry
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With bucket and a lantern, I crossed the field alone
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Heard the sound of snapping twigs and then a quiet moan
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Captured in my lantern light, his face in ashen grey
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Huddled in a bloody coat a rebel soldier lay
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Boys I tell you true, I learned things I never knew
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( break )
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Verse 3
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"I see you have a kind face
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Please don't raise a cry
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If I'm taken prisoner
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I know I'll surely die"
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"I'm wounded And I mean no harm
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I just need to rest a spell
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I have fled the battlefield
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I've seen the face of hell"
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"We came by tens of thousands
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The battle for to lose
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We only marched on Gettysburg
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Because we needed shoes"
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I looked down at his swollen feet
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And tried to understand
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And wondered if my brothers
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Had died at this man's hands
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Boys I tell you true, I learned things I never knew
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( break )
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Verse 4
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I walked back in the cabin
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Set the bucket down
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I spoke no word to mother
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Of why I'd been so long
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All night we sat beside the fire
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Praying for good news
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Then mother, she looked down and asked
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"Son, where are your shoes?"
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Boys I tell you true, I learned things I never knew
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