Faded coat of blue
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1. My brave boy 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 Spanish 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 their
graves unknown,
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for we'll find you and know you
among the good and true,
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where a robe of white is given for
a 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 through all the years to come.
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And tell my 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. No dear one was nigh him to close his mild blue eyes,
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no
gentle voice was by him to give him sweet replies.
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No stone marks the lonely sod
of my lad so brave and true
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in a
lowly grave he's sleeping in his faded coat of blue. + CHORUS
(orig. = capo 3rd) (The Carter
Family)