cd: The Civil War Anthology
track 8: The Blue and Gray of Erin
The Blue and Gray of Erin
Have a choice to make today
Strike down their former countrymen
Or refuse and walk away
Can they ignore the Irish colors
In the hands of those they slay
The Blue and Gray of Erin
Have a choice to make today
Ten rebel sons of Ireland
From the hills of Tennessee
Stare far across the fallow field
Resigned to what they see
Emerging from the tree line
Is the Union Sixty Nine
Raising high their colors
Just waiting for the sign
Chorus
They shared the same foul coffin ships
In the crossings born in hell
Some went south for farming
In the north they dug canals
When the word went out
For able-bodied men to fight the war
It was a call that they all answered
Never questioning the corp
Chorus
Can they justify desertion
And the stain they’re sure to wear
After all the valiant fighting
Is it shame they’re meant to bear
Or do they join the line and march in time
Until the bayonets are raised
They search but find no answers
From the same cruel God they praised
Chorus
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