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Good evening, kind friends, how do you all do? |
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'Tis a very long time since I've been to see you |
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I am a volunteer for the Union I go |
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And I'm down on Secession, is Billy Barlow |
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Oh, yes, I'm rough, I well know |
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But a bully old soldier is Billy Barlow |
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Since last I saw you, to Richmond I've been |
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And during my stay Mrs. Davis I've seen |
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She treated me kindly, and smiled on me so |
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Old Jeff, he got jealous of Billy Barlow |
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Oh, yes, I'm rough, I well know |
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But the ladies all like Mr. William Barlow |
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Now I see on picket every time I go out |
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A nice little gal her name is Lize Stout |
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They say she's Secеsh, but I know that's not so |
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For she'll stand by the Union with Billy Barlow |
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Oh, yes, I'm rough, I wеll know |
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But a very good fellow is Billy Barlow |
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Now there's one thing I can't help but to look at |
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What keeps our Quartermaster so sleek and so fat |
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It may not be good living but there's one thing I know |
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He'd get thin on the grub he gives Billy Barlow |
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Oh, yes, I'm rough, I well know |
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But I'm used to good living, is Billy Barlow |
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It's down in Virginia at a place called Bull Run |
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Where first our brave soldiers, their fighting begun |
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It's true they got routed but then you all know |
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It was on account of the absence of Billy Barlow |
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Oh, yes, I'm rough, I well know |
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But a bully old soldier is Billy Barlow |
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Just a few words more than I shall have done |
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And I hope what I've said you will take all in fun |
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If I have not done right, why, please tell me so |
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And I'll bid you good night will Billy Barlow |
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Oh, yes, I'm rough, I well know |
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But I hope you'll excuse Mr. old Billy Barlow |
