TEN
SOLDIERS CAME
A 'MARCHIN'
Ten
soldiers came a'marchin'
Thru'
a field of golden corn
From
battle, worn and weary
Guns
in hand that early morn.
Blood
was shed that evening
And
a soldier would go down
Nine
marched on in silence
For
the tenth could not be found.
Eight
soldiers writing letters
Now
the ninth had passed away
It
seems no one remembered
But
he'd laughed just yesterday.
Marching
t'ward the battle
There
were seven left to fight
The
eighth from Mississippi
He
had fought with all his might.
Six
tired and hungry soldiers
Three
to walk and three to crawl
The
shot rang out from nowhere
When
they saw their brother fall.
Their
courage never shaken
Tho'
not hoping to survive
As
they sat around the campfire
No
one spoke, and there were five.
At
the Louisiana border
They
saw fifty, maybe more
Their
eyes met only briefly
For
their number was at four.
One
shot got 'Missouri'
And
the other 'Alabam'
The
last two soldiers fighting
Gave
their all for Uncle Sam.
Crossing
thru' the meadow
With
a flag, red, white and blue
A
bullet took down 'Georgia'
And
then no more were there two.
Now
almost home to Texas
Thru'
the cotton field he came
Alone
and broken hearted
He
would never be the same.
As
he approached the border
There
a wounded soldier lay
Who
fought the side of Union
But
he carried him that day.
The
battle, it was over
And
the fighting, it was done
From
ten brave Southern soldiers
Now
all was left was.....one.
Author/Poem written
by:
Tammy Boatman-Young
2001