Coming to Us Dead Lyrics

Song	Coming to Us Dead
Artist	97th Regimental String Band
Album	Battlefields and Campfires: Civil War Era Songs, Vol. I
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[00:00.000]	作曲 : Traditional Song
[00:20.204]	One morning when the office was opened
[00:22.725]	A man quite old in years
[00:25.148]	Stood the express office
[00:27.431]	Showing signs of grief and tears
[00:30.231]	And there's a clerk approached him
[00:32.716]	With trembling words he said
[00:34.829]	I'm waiting for my boy, sir
[00:37.633]	He's coming home today
[00:40.246]	Well. You have made a silly mistake
[00:42.534]	But you must surely know
[00:44.858]	That this is the telegraph office, Sir
[00:47.683]	And not a town depot
[00:50.251]	And if your boy is coming home
[00:52.666]	The clerk did smile and say
[00:54.794]	You'll find him with the passengers, Sir
[00:57.314]	At the station just all the way
[01:00.018]	No you do not understand me, Sir
[01:02.465]	The old man shook his head
[01:04.744]	He's coming not as a passenger
[01:07.344]	But by express instead
[01:09.955]	He's coming home to mother
[01:12.524]	The old man gently said
[01:14.659]	He's coming home in a casket, Sir
[01:17.405]	He's coming to us dead
[01:39.684]	Then a whistle pierced their ears
[01:42.157]	The express train someone cry
[01:44.496]	The old man rose in a breathless haste
[01:47.147]	And quickly rushed outside
[01:49.526]	Then a long white casket
[01:51.853]	Was lowered to the ground
[01:54.423]	And showing sighs of grief and tear
[01:56.738]	To those who gathered around
[01:59.023]	He said: Do not use him roughly, boys
[02:01.650]	It contains our darling Jack
[02:04.403]	He went away as you boys are
[02:06.673]	This way he's coming back
[02:09.188]	He broke his dear old mother's heart
[02:11.746]	Her fears have all come true
[02:14.212]	She said, it's the way that he'd come home
[02:16.679]	If he joined the boys in blue

[00:00.000]	zuo qu : Traditional Song
[00:20.204]	One morning when the office was opened
[00:22.725]	A man quite old in years
[00:25.148]	Stood the express office
[00:27.431]	Showing signs of grief and tears
[00:30.231]	And there' s a clerk approached him
[00:32.716]	With trembling words he said
[00:34.829]	I' m waiting for my boy, sir
[00:37.633]	He' s coming home today
[00:40.246]	Well. You have made a silly mistake
[00:42.534]	But you must surely know
[00:44.858]	That this is the telegraph office, Sir
[00:47.683]	And not a town depot
[00:50.251]	And if your boy is coming home
[00:52.666]	The clerk did smile and say
[00:54.794]	You' ll find him with the passengers, Sir
[00:57.314]	At the station just all the way
[01:00.018]	No you do not understand me, Sir
[01:02.465]	The old man shook his head
[01:04.744]	He' s coming not as a passenger
[01:07.344]	But by express instead
[01:09.955]	He' s coming home to mother
[01:12.524]	The old man gently said
[01:14.659]	He' s coming home in a casket, Sir
[01:17.405]	He' s coming to us dead
[01:39.684]	Then a whistle pierced their ears
[01:42.157]	The express train someone cry
[01:44.496]	The old man rose in a breathless haste
[01:47.147]	And quickly rushed outside
[01:49.526]	Then a long white casket
[01:51.853]	Was lowered to the ground
[01:54.423]	And showing sighs of grief and tear
[01:56.738]	To those who gathered around
[01:59.023]	He said: Do not use him roughly, boys
[02:01.650]	It contains our darling Jack
[02:04.403]	He went away as you boys are
[02:06.673]	This way he' s coming back
[02:09.188]	He broke his dear old mother' s heart
[02:11.746]	Her fears have all come true
[02:14.212]	She said, it' s the way that he' d come home
[02:16.679]	If he joined the boys in blue

[00:00.000]	zuò qǔ : Traditional Song
[00:20.204]	One morning when the office was opened
[00:22.725]	A man quite old in years
[00:25.148]	Stood the express office
[00:27.431]	Showing signs of grief and tears
[00:30.231]	And there' s a clerk approached him
[00:32.716]	With trembling words he said
[00:34.829]	I' m waiting for my boy, sir
[00:37.633]	He' s coming home today
[00:40.246]	Well. You have made a silly mistake
[00:42.534]	But you must surely know
[00:44.858]	That this is the telegraph office, Sir
[00:47.683]	And not a town depot
[00:50.251]	And if your boy is coming home
[00:52.666]	The clerk did smile and say
[00:54.794]	You' ll find him with the passengers, Sir
[00:57.314]	At the station just all the way
[01:00.018]	No you do not understand me, Sir
[01:02.465]	The old man shook his head
[01:04.744]	He' s coming not as a passenger
[01:07.344]	But by express instead
[01:09.955]	He' s coming home to mother
[01:12.524]	The old man gently said
[01:14.659]	He' s coming home in a casket, Sir
[01:17.405]	He' s coming to us dead
[01:39.684]	Then a whistle pierced their ears
[01:42.157]	The express train someone cry
[01:44.496]	The old man rose in a breathless haste
[01:47.147]	And quickly rushed outside
[01:49.526]	Then a long white casket
[01:51.853]	Was lowered to the ground
[01:54.423]	And showing sighs of grief and tear
[01:56.738]	To those who gathered around
[01:59.023]	He said: Do not use him roughly, boys
[02:01.650]	It contains our darling Jack
[02:04.403]	He went away as you boys are
[02:06.673]	This way he' s coming back
[02:09.188]	He broke his dear old mother' s heart
[02:11.746]	Her fears have all come true
[02:14.212]	She said, it' s the way that he' d come home
[02:16.679]	If he joined the boys in blue

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