The faded coat of blue
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1. My brave lad sleeps in his faded coat of blue,
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in a lonely grave unknown lies
the heart that beat so true.
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He sank, faint and hungry,
among the famished brave,
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and they laid him sad and
lonely within his nameless grave.
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No more the bugle calls the weary one,
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rest, noble spirit, in thy grave unknown.
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I'll find you and know you among the good and true,
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when a robe of white is given for the faded coat of blue.
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2. He cried, "Give me water and just a little crumb,
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and my mother, she will bless you for all the
years to come.
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Please tell me sweet sister,
so gentle, good, and true,
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that I'll
meet her up in heaven in my faded coat of blue."
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3. Long, long years have passed, and though he comes no more,
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yet my heart will starting
beat with each footfall at my door.
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I gaze o'er the hill where he
waved his last adieu,
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but no gallant lad I see in
his faded coat of blue.
+ CHORUS (J.H. McNaughton)