Dying Drummer Boy

Cat. #0764 (MFH #162) - As sung by Ollie Gilbert, Mountain View, Arkansas on May 26, 1969

VERSE 1
Across th Georgie dark an bloody plain
Where many of a soldier lay
Among them lay a drummer boy
Who beat his drum that day
Among them lay a drummer boy
Who beat his drum that day

VERSE 2
They gathered 'round his pallet bed
Each soldier knelt an' cried
Have mercy on thy sinful soul
And a soldier cried, Amen
Have mercy on thy sinful soul
And th soldier cried, Amen

VERSE 3
O Father, cried, this dy'n boy
Look down upon me now
An' save me from a drunkard's grave
An' carry me home on high
An' save me from a drunkard's grave
An' carry me home on high

VERSE 4
A wounded soldier, raised 'im up
His drum was by his side
He clasped his hands an' blessed his God
An' prayed before he died
He clasped his hands an' blessed his God
An' prayed before he died

OTHER COLLECTIONS:
Randolph: II-239 The Drummer Boy Of Shiloh
Brown: II-230 The Drummer Boy Of Shiloh


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