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WE SIGNED UP IN SAN ANTON
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MY BROTHER PAUL AND ME
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TO FIGHT WITH BEN MCCOLLOCH
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AND THE TEXAS INFANTRY
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WELL THE POSTER SAID WE'D GET A UNIFORM
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AND SEVEN BUCKS A WEEK
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THE BEST RATIONS IN THE ARMY
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AND A RIFLE WE COULD KEEP
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WHEN I FIRST LAID EYES ON THE GENERAL
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I KNEW HE WAS A FIGHTING MAN
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HE WAS EVERY INCH A SOLDIER
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EVERY WORD WAS HIS COMMAND
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WELL HIS EYES WERE COLD AS LEAD AND STEEL
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FORGED INTO TOOLS OF WAR
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HE TOOK THE LIVES OF MANY
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AND THE SOULS OF MANY MORE
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WELL THEY MARCHED US TO MISSOURI
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AND WE HARDLY STOPPED FOR REST
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THEN HE MADE HIS SPEECH AND SAID
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WE'RE COMIN' TO THE TEST
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WELL WE'VE GOT TO TAKE SAINT LOUIS BOYS
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BEFORE THE YANKEES DO
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IF WE CONTROL THE MISSISSIPPI
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THEN THE FEDERALS ARE THROUGH
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WELL THEY TOLD US THAT OUR ENEMY
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WOULD ALL BE DRESSED IN BLUE
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THEY FORGOT ABOUT THE WINTERS COLD
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AND THE CURSED FEVER TOO
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MY BROTHER DIED IN WILSONS CREEK
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AND LORD I SEEN HIM FALL
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WE FELL BACK TO THE BOSTON MOUNTAINS
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IN THE NORTH OF ARKANSAS
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GODDAMN YOU BEN MCCOLLOCH
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I HATE YOU MORE THAN ANY MAN ALIVE
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AND WHEN YOU DIE
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YOU'LL BE A FOOT SOLDIER JUST LIKE ME
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IN THE DEVILS INFANTRY
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AND ALL THE WAY TO FAYETTEVILLE
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WE CURSED MCCULLOCH'S NAME
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AND MOURNED THE DEAD WE'D LEFT BEHIND
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AND WE WAS CARRING THE LAME
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I KILLED A BOY THE OTHER NIGHT
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WHO'D NEVER EVEN SHAVED
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I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT I'M FIGHTIN' FOR
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I AIN'T EVER OWNED A SLAVE
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SO I SNUCK OUT OF CAMP
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AND I HEARD THE NEWS NEXT NIGHT
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THE YANKEES WON THE BATTLE
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AND MCCOLLOCH LOST HIS LIFE
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GODDAMN YOU BEN MCCOLLOCH
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I HATE YOU MORE THAN ANY MAN ALIVE
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AND WHEN YOU DIE
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YOU'LL BE A FOOT SOLDIER JUST LIKE ME
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IN THE DEVILS INFANTRY
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