Long Ago
Bobby Horton

Long ago we were boys in the ranks, comrades,

Our hearts light and happy as the day

Cheeks were ruddy, eyes were bright, locks were dark,

comrades,

As we marched from our homes far away.


Chorus:

But now we are aged and gray, comrades,

Trials of life are nearly done.

Our bosoms were bared to the foe, comrade,

When you and I were young.


Long ago we were marching away, comrades,

Our flags to the breeze gaily flung.

Our bosoms were bare to the full, comrades,

When you and I were young.


Chorus:

But now we are aged and gray, comrades,

Trials of life are nearly done.

Our bosoms were bared to the foe, comrade,

When you and I were young.


Long ago we were camping in storms, comrades,

Our courage and muscles tightly strung.

But no army could drive us away, comrades,

When you and I were young.


Chorus:

But now we are aged and gray, comrades,

Trials of life are nearly done.

Our bosoms were bared to the foe, comrade,

When you and I were young.



Long ago we were falling fast, comrades,

Our ranks daily much thinner grew.

Our courage the cause could not win, comrades,

When the men in the ranks were so few.


Chorus:

But now we are aged and gray, comrades,

Trials of life are nearly done.

Our bosoms were bared to the foe, comrade,

When you and I were young.


Staggering and bleeding alone, comrades,

Outnumbered three to one everywhere.

The world coldly watching our fates, comrades,

With not even a sigh or a tear.


Chorus:

But now we are aged and gray, comrades,

Trials of life are nearly done.

Our bosoms were bared to the foe, comrade,

When you and I were young.


As fall heroes struggling for their homes, comrades,

So fell the soldiers in gray.

Their honor yet unsullied, comrades,

For that which ennobles brave men.


Though now we are aged and gray, comrades,

And trials of life are nearly done.

To us life's as dear as it was, comrades,

When you and I were young.


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Lyrics by Bobby Horton

  'Twas At the Siege of Vicksburg   A Life On a Vicksburg Bluff   A Walk In the Forest   Abraham's Daughter   All Quiet Along the Potomac Tonight   Angels We Have Heard On High   Away In a Manger   Battle Cry of Freedom   Battle Hymn of the Republic   Beside Brown Waters   Billy In the Low Ground   Boys, Keep Your Powder Dry   Bury the Brave Where They Fall   Calvary's Mountain   Campfire Medley: Granny Does Your Dog Bite? / Arka...   Cheer Boys Cheer   Clear the Tracks   Come In Out of the Draft   Confederate Song   Corporal Schnapps   Darling Nellie Gray   De Day Ob Liberty   Dixie   Dixie, the Land of King Cotton   Do They Miss Me At Home?   Driving Saw Logs On the Plover   Eternal Father Strong to Save   Faded Coat of Blue   Formal Dance Set: Congress Minuet / Constancy   Garyowen   General Forrest, a Confederate   God Bless My Boy Tonight   God Save the Nation   God Save the South   God Save the Southern Land   God Will Defend the Right   Good King Winceslas   Grafted Into the Army   Hard Times Come Again No More   Hard Times In Dixie   Hark the Herald Angels Sing   He's Gone to the Arms of Abraham   High Toned Southern Gentleman   How Are You Conscript?   How Firm a Foundation   If You've Only Got a Mustache   In Good Old Colony Times   Jeannie With the Light Brown Hair   Jine the Cavalry   John Harrolson, John Harrolson   Johnny Is Gone for a Soldier   Johnny Is My Darling   Joy to the World   Just Before the Battle Mother   Just Before the Battle Mother (Parody)   Lady Owen's Delight   Lincoln and Liberty   Lorena   Maryland My Maryland   Massa's In the Cold, Cold Ground   May God Save the Union   Medley: Fiddlin' Annie/Red Iron Ore   Medley: Flannagan's Favorite / the World Turned Up...   Medley: Oh Come All Ye Faithful, God Rest Ye Merry...   Medley: Red Iron Ore/Melody 1-17-03   Medley: the Foggy, Foggy Dew / the Red Haired Boy   Medley: the Trail of Tears / O'Carolyn's Farewell ...   Medley: While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks, Oh C...   Mother Is the Battle Over?   Mother Would Comfort Me   My Old Kentucky Home   My Southern Land   Nearer My God to Thee   Never Forget the Dear Ones   New York Volunteer   Oh I'm a Good Old Rebel   Old Abe Lies Sick   Old Abe's Lament   Old Abner's Shoes   Old Folks At Home   Our Boys Are Gone   Our Comrade Has Fallen   Pat Murphy of the Irish Brigade   Poor Wayfaring Stranger   Pray, Maiden, Pray   Rally 'Round the Flag   Riding a Raid   Roll Alabama Roll   Root Hog, or Die   Rose of Alabama   Short Rations (To the Corn-fed Army of Tennessee)   Sir Peter Parker   Somebody's Darling   Sourwood Mountain   Southern Birthright   Stand Up for Uncle Sam   Stonewall's Requiem   Sweet Emerald Isle   Take Your Gun and Go, John   Tenting On the Old Camp Ground   The Army of the Free   The Battle Hymn of the Republic   The Battle of Shiloh   The Battle of Trenton   The Blue Tailed Fly   The Boar's Head   The Bonnie Blue Flag   The Bowld Sojer Boy   The Brass Mounted Army   The Captain and His Whiskers   The Capture of 17 of Co. H, 4th Texas Cavalry   The Cavaler's Glee   The Christmas Hymn   The Consolidation Song   The Cross of the South   The Destruction of the Tea   The Fall of Charleston   The Fate of John Burgoyne   The Flag of Columbia   The Hallelujah Chorus   The High Mountains   The Homespun Dress   The Invalid Corps   The Irishman's Epistle   The John Hunt Morgan Song   The Kentucky Battle Song   The Last Rose of Summer   The Mother of the Soldier Boy   The North Carolina War Song   The Rebel Soldier   The Reluctant Conscript   The Riflemen of Bennington   The Soldier With a Wooden Leg   The Soldier's Grave   The Soldiers' Suit of Grey   The South Shall Rise Up Free   The Southern Soldier   The Southern Soldier Boy   The Surrender of Cornwallis   The Union Volunteers   The Vacant Chair   The Yellow Rose of Texas   The Young Volunteer   Think of Your Head In the Morning   Tramp, Tramp, Tramp   Turkey In the Straw   Virginia Marseillaise   Wait for the Wagon   We Are Marching On to Richmond   We Conquer or Die   We Wish You a Merry Christmas   We'll Fight for Uncle Abe   What's the Matter?   When I Survey the Wondrous Cross   When Upon the Field of Glory   Who Will Care for Mother Now?   Ye Cavaliers of Dixie   You Are Going to the Wars Willie Boy

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