Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Oklahoma Bill , by - Jimmy Dean. Song from the album All American Country, in the genre КантриRelease date: 08.12.2019
Record label: Limitless Int
Song language: English
Oklahoma Bill |
| The General just gave me a medal oh I’m a sight for mom to see |
| But when the news gets round that I ain’t got ole Bill |
| Some kids gonna think a whole lot less of me |
| You see she gave me that puppy and said he’d protect me through the night |
| And if I got hurt he’d go for help or he’d back me up in a fight |
| He growed all the while I was trainin' forget him I never will |
| Cause you’d never see me with right at my heels was Oklahoma Bill |
| We hit a long ridge one sunup and it seemed like death held all the cards |
| Cause we payed and payed with lives of men for every hard fought yard |
| When finally we drove up to the top there wasn’t nothin' but death behind |
| And as we all dug in we all thanked God though we numbered only nine |
| And as the snipers switched their guns as darkness closed that hill |
| My soul companion in the night was Oklahoma Bill |
| There’s no glory in a battle once you’ve seen its awful cost |
| But there’s glory in the knowledge that your flag is never lost |
| And yet in the stillness of the nightime and all alone you hold a post |
| You start cryin' like a baby sittin' there with all the ghosts |
| You feel your buddies are pattin' your back though their guns’re silent and |
| still |
| It’s only a dog tryin' to love you my Oklahoma Bill |
| I gave my note to the Colonel and I bound a shattered leg |
| And I said Bill we’re sure in trouble he never whimpered or begged |
| I could tell he hated to leave me I was the only God he ever knew |
| But quick as a flash he took of through the night like a fightin' marine would |
| do |
| I kept firin' till help finally came it was him though that saved that hill |
| A dyin' dog had got through the lines my Oklahoma Bill |
| That little ol' kid will always wonder what happened to her dog |
| But she’ll find out on Judgement Day when she sees the big Skipper’s log |
| We’ll all walk in and bugles’ll blow and we’ll stand our last revue |
| And men who’ve died for men on earth will get their heavenly dues |
| And if all brave hearts are there that day I’ll get my greatest thrill |
| When I hang this medal around the neck of Oklahoma Bill |