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The Rebel Soldier

from I Claim My Five Pounds by Stömp

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Collected by Sharp & Karpeles in the Appalachians.

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The Rebel Soldier
Traditional

One morning, one morning, one morning in May
I heard a poor soldier lamenting and say,
I heard a poor soldier lamenting and mourn:
I am a rebel soldier and far from my home.

It's grape shot and musket and the cannons lumber loud
There's many a mangled body, a blanket for a shroud
There's many a mangled body left on the field alone.
I am a rebel soldier and far from my home.

I'll eat when I'm hungry and drink when I am dry.
If the Yankees don't kill me I'll live until I die,
If the Yankees don't kill me and cause me to mourn.
I am a rebel soldier and far from my home.

I'll build me a castle on some green mountain high
Where the wild geese can see me as they do pass by,
Where the wild geese can see me and hear my sad mourn:
I am a rebel soldier and far from my home.

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from I Claim My Five Pounds, released July 1, 2006
Trad. Arr. Adams

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Stömp London, UK

English electric ceilidh band featuring: drummer- Rob Gifford (Gas Mark Five, Committee Band); concertina-ista Sheena Masson (Stocai, and well respected caller too); fiddler Kev Adams (Stocai); original guitarist Jeff Dent (Committee Band) replaced by Andrew King (Fiddlin' Around) and bassist / all round studio whizz Martin Appleby. ... more

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