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Thread #93986   Message #1814773
Posted By: Stewie
20-Aug-06 - 09:44 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Bright Golden Buttons (Shel Silverstein)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Bright Golden Buttons
I have it on an old LP by Randy Burns: 'Of Love and War' Base Records ESP 1039 (1966). It is the opening piece in a 6.5 minute Civil War medley. His version is exactly that given by Peace above except for 'Young men will stumble and fall TO the dust' and 'And bright golden buttons will all turn to rust'. The attribution on the sleeve and on the record is 'traditional', but that could be wrong.

--Stewie.