charlie boy
Charlie boy, don't go to war, first born in forty–fourKennedy made him believe we could do much more
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Lillian, don't hang your head, love should make you feel goodIn uniform you raised a man, who volunteered to stand
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Play the bugle, play the taps andMake your mothers proudRaise your rifles to the sky boysFire that volley loud
News was bad on upland ave., metuchen mourn our lossSons rebelled, while fathers yelled, and mothers clutched the cross
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Play the bugle, play the taps andMake your mothers proudRaise your rifles to the sky boysFire that volley loud