The Ballad Of Jubal Early - (Civil War)

Original song demo written with lyrics by Claude B.

4am in the morning
when the first shots they rang out
everyone was sleeping at fort sumner
when the fog began to shout
there were bullets blazing overhead
horses rolling end to end
captain james well then he looked my way
and someone said
we might never meet in this world again

my friend, my friend
there's fires over franklin county
they've all gone to gettysburg
true blue
my jubilee, oh lawd, its a heavy load
but don't you give up hope
to the blue and old ulysses
my soldier thee, oh lawd, it's a heavy load
but don't you give up hope
to the blue and old ulysses

and they're marching on to vicksburg
and they're marching under blue grey skies
and there's a battle cry in shiloh
too many tears so many eyes
freedoms cost is empty handed
hearts heavy with pain and loss
and there's taps being played under waving flag
for another marble cross