[ti:Billy Don't Be A Hero]
[ar:Bo Donaldson & the Heywoods]
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[00:00.10]Billy Don't Be A Hero
[00:07.40]- Bo Donaldson & the Heywoods
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[00:15.41]The marching band
[00:16.61]came down along Main Street
[00:19.16]The soldier blues fell in behind
[00:23.19]I looked across and there I saw Billy
[00:27.06]Waiting to go and join the line
[00:31.08]And with her head upon his shoulder
[00:34.91]His young and lovely fiancee
[00:38.93]From where I stood I saw she was crying
[00:42.78]And through her tears I heard her say
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[00:46.63]Billy, don't be a hero,
[00:49.33]don't be a fool with your life
[00:54.26]Billy, don't be a hero,
[00:57.20]come back and make me your wife
[01:02.14]And as he started to go she said,
[01:05.95]Billy, keep your head low
[01:09.97]Billy, don't be a hero, come back to me
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[01:21.92]The soldier blues
[01:23.10]were trapped on a hillside
[01:25.74]The battle raging all around
[01:29.85]The sergeant cried,
[01:31.10]We've got to hang on, boys!
[01:33.80]We've got to hold this piece of ground
[01:37.72]I need a volunteer to ride up
[01:41.61]And bring us back some extra men
[01:45.54]And Billy's hand was up in a moment
[01:49.49]Forgettin' all the words she said
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[01:53.50]She said
[01:55.14]Billy, don't be a hero,
[01:57.96]don't be a fool with your life
[02:02.88]Billy, don't be a hero,
[02:05.78]come back and make me your wife
[02:10.60]And as he started to go she said,
[02:14.67]Billy, keep your head low
[02:18.50]Billy, don't be a hero, come back to me
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[02:26.66]I heard his fiancee got a letter
[02:30.60]That told how Billy died that day
[02:34.65]The letter said that he was a hero
[02:38.81]She should be proud he died that way
[02:43.01]I heard she threw that letter away ...
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