I have heard versions by both Theodore Bikel and The Limeliters.

Unfortunately, both of these are safely locked in vinyl, and only G-d knows where they are at the moment. If I find them, I will play them again and transcribe them. In the mean time here is some of what I remember:


Ba-boom baba boom baba boom
And Richmond is their tomb
There's a hundred more Gettysburg
There's a hundred more at ****
And a hundred more we never found
And a hundred more we never found
But the first battalion's home

One was gentle one was kind
One was gentle one was kind
One came home one stayed behind
All on a beautiful morning.

Two girls waiting by the railroad track
Two girls waiting by the railroad track
For their darlings to come back
One wore blue and one wore black.

One wore blue and one wore black
Waiting by the railroad track
For their darlings to come back
All on a beautiful morning.


Those are some pieces of the song I remember. I think this is from the Limeliters' version. But I will know when I find and play the records. Er, um, yes, "records." For you young'uns, that is the media we used to listen to recorded sound on before cassettes. Um, cassettes are, oh never mind!

BTW, for the Civil War motif, do not forget "Let The Band Play Dixie" by Bob Gibson. THAT I can give you words and chords to.