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Thread #62853   Message #1017167
Posted By: GUEST,Kathy
11-Sep-03 - 04:53 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Johnny Reb
Subject: Lyr Req: Johnny Reb
I am looking for this American Civil War song. It was on an old album of my mother's but when I went through her collection to find it, it was gone. What I do remember of it is this:

Oh Johnny Reb,
Oh Johnny Reb,
A soldierman can't cry,
Don't let me be a coward Lord,
I'm not afraid to die.

My life sixteen years have been,
Sweet as honey cold.
When the fightings over Lord,
Take Johnny Reb back home.


The other verses is him contemplating the campfires of the enemy and the comming battle the next day. It was supposed to be just before one of the bloodiest battles of the war.

Kathy