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Soldiers Lyrics
It was just after sunrise
And down by the sea
Down on the sand flats
Where nothing will grow
Come drumming and footsteps
Like out of a dream
Where the golden green waters come in
Just nine lucky soldiers had come
Through the night
Half of them wounded
And barely alive
Just nine out of twenty was headed for home
With eleven sad stories to tell
I remember quite clearly when I got out of bed
I said, oh, good morning what a beautiful day
And down by the sea
Down on the sand flats
Where nothing will grow
Come drumming and footsteps
Like out of a dream
Where the golden green waters come in
Through the night
Half of them wounded
And barely alive
Just nine out of twenty was headed for home
With eleven sad stories to tell
I said, oh, good morning what a beautiful day
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Submitted by
oofus On May 16, 2001
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JT was raised in NC, but spent summers in MA, the song mentions soldiers making their way home, 9 out of 20 with 11 sad stories to tell. I believe this is the Civil War dream of a child. There were 20 Union states and 11 Confederate states, Tenn, Missouri, were border states that supported both sides but were in the Confederacy. subtract those 2 and you have the 9 states returning with 11 sad stories. That's my take on it