So here is my transcription of Burns' rendition, as I myself have requested some time earlier...

Civil War Medley
(Bob Gibson, as sung by Randy Burns)

Oh, hear the drums thunder
They sound such a wonder
Go march off to war, boy
And have at your fun

With your bangles and spangles
And bright golden buttons
Bright golden buttons
That shine in the sun

Oh, the cannons are screaming
Or is it my dreaming
Young men will stumble
And fall to the dust

And the cheers turn to crying
When life turns to dying
And bright golden buttons
Will all turned to rust

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Boom bah bah boom bah bah boom
Twelve riders in the gloom
Seven show red and the rest are dead
But the First Battalion's home

Boom bah bah boom bah bah boom
For Richmond is their tomb
There's one hundred dead at Shiloh
Three hundred more at Gettysburg
And a hundred more we've never heard
But the First Battalion's home

So run to your home, Virginia gal
Fix your hair in pins
Give them wine and kisses
But don't ask them where they'd been

Boom bah bah boom bah bah boom
You can hear the hoof beats boom
The bass is low and the pace is slow
But the First Battalion's home

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There's a movement in the bushes
I can hear a man's voice cry
It's the reaper, moving silent
I think it's someone's turn to die

And I see, ah, yes I see
On the last day of July
And I see, ah, yes I see
On the last day of July

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Two brothers on their way
Two brothers on their way
One wore blue and one wore gray
As they marched toward that way
One wore blue and one wore gray
As they marched toward that day
The fife and drum began to play
All on a beautiful morning

One was gentle, one was kind
One was gentle, one was kind
One came back, one stayed behind
'Cause cannon ball don't pay no mind
Cannon ball don't pay no mind
If you're gentle, if you're kind
One came back, one stayed behind
All on a beautiful morning
All on a beautiful morning

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Boom bah bah boom bah bah boom
For Richmond is their tomb
There's one hundred dead at Shiloh
Two hundred more at Gettysburg
And a hundred more we've never heard
But the First Battalion's home

Boom bah bah boom bah bah boom
Boom bah bah boom bah bah boom
Boom bah bah boom bah bah boom