RIDE AGAIN VOL. I
LAST LETTER HOME
David "Butch" McDade / James.H.Brown Jr.

I have heard the cannons thundering allnight
And I cannot sleep for wondering why`s a rebels cause so right
And the morphine seems to do no good at all
And I would run away it I would not fall
I joined the southern cavalry for fun
and I had rode a thousand horses
Always had a way with a gun
Now I`m among the horseless riders lying still
Swallowed up by the cause on the widows hill
And I dreamed about a rose in a spanish garden
And I kissed you and I placed it in your hair
And if I`m ever on my feet again I will
And I will run all the way just to meet you there
Through the day I watched those southern boys go down
And they lay like georgia peaches bruised and broken on the ground
Through the night I wondered was it worth the pain
And I cried not revenge I called your name

REPEAT CHORUS

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