Paper Lace, 'Billy, Don't Be A Hero'

[duathir.livejournal.com]

Billy, Don't Be A Hero

The marchin' band came down along main street
The soldier blues fell in behind
I looked across and there I saw Billy
Waiting to go and join the line

And with her head upon his shoulder
His young and lovely fiancee
From where I stood I saw she was cryin'
And through her tears I heard her say

Billy don't be a hero, don't be a fool with your life
Billy don't be a hero, come back and make me your wife
And as Billy started to go, she said keep your pretty head low
Billy don't be a hero, come back to me

The soldier blues were trapped on a hillside
The battle ragin' all around
The sergeant cried, we've gotta hang on boys
We've gotta hold this piece of ground

I need a volunteer to ride out
And bring us back some extra men
And Billy's hand was up in a moment
Forgettin' all the words she said, she said

Billy don't be a hero, don't be a fool with your life
Billy don't be a hero, come back and make me your wife
And as Billy started to go, she said keep your pretty head low
Billy don't be a hero, come back to me

I heard his fiancee got a letter
That told how Billy died that day
The letter said he was a hero
She should be proud he died that way
I heard she threw the letter away

By 'Paper Lace'

Comments

thanks

[pigshitpoet.livejournal.com]

such an american march.. cowboys all the way!

[duathir.livejournal.com]

The American Civil War, the industrialized North-east against the agricultural, slave-holding South-east. Except Texas and California, what is now the Western states was unaffilliated territories (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War#/media/File:US_Secession_map_1861.svg) during that war.

yes

[pigshitpoet.livejournal.com]

that's sort of what is happening in ukraine with russia in crimea and donbass industrial interests vs agricultural heritages. the politics are different. where there is a sense of entitlement instead of collaboration there arises conflict..

don't you think?

[duathir.livejournal.com]

Indeed, it does sound similar, though without the issue of slavery, which was the primary cause of the American Civil War.

; )))

[pigshitpoet.livejournal.com]

slavery, i've got that covered, in today's money system we have all become debt slaves..