
Date of issue: 25.10.2011
Song language: English
Luther Lane |
Buried in a field of crosses |
The ghost of an American son |
Seventeen at Vicksburg |
When he heard the thunder of the guns |
And his friends were all there with him |
When they laid him beneath the frost |
The preacher said: «The brotherhood of battle |
Is always greater than the cause» |
Nightmare of blastin' light, ashes in the wind |
I couldn’t find him to say goodbye; |
he was my only friend |
All the kinfolk met the train |
That carried Luther Lane |
I had a few in his name |
I got good and drunk for Luther Lane |
Six white horses pulled the carriage |
The band played «Nearer my God to Thee» |
And all the children were starin', Luther |
At the missing part of me |
I got an all of a sudden taste for whiskey |
As I was cold and it was gettin' late |
I know I shouldn’t have done it |
But I nicked a buck off the collection plate |
Gendarme he grabbed my arm and dragged me off to jail |
I’m sittin' here one-legged Luther, I know you woulda posted bail |
All the kinfolk met the train |
That carried Luther Lane |
I had a few in his name |
You sure did make it tough for Job and me, my Lord |
Two bodies fell as one casualty of war |
I shoulda gone down under the ground with all the corps |
When you’ve survived enough it’s not enough for some |
Lord I know |
All the kinfolk met the train |
That carried Luther Lane |
I had a few in his name |
I got good and drunk for Luther Lane |
For old Luther Lane |
For old Luther Lane |
Old Luther Lane |
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