Billy with a Blue Coat on

Duration

4:13

Genres

Folk

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BILLY WITH A BLUE COAT ON © 2005 DARRYL LAROCQUE 1940 River Run Drive Huntsville UT 84317 801-648-7223 SHE WAS BORN IN KENTUCKY GREW UP IN ILLINOIS HER LOVER WAS A YANKEE BUT HER BROTHER WAS A SOUTHERN BOY WHEN THE BIG WAR CAME EACH WENT SEPARATE WAYS BILLY WITH A BLUE COAT HER BROTHER WITH A GRAY HAT ON WELL THE DAYS PASSED SLOWLY BACK IN ILLINOIS AND THE TEARS FELL LIKE RAIN WHEN SHE’D THINK ABOUT THOSE BOYS WHEN SHE CLOSED HER EYES SHE COULD ALMOST SEE BILLY WITH A BLUE COAT HER BROTHER WITH A GRAY HAT ON WHEN THE NEWS FINALLY CAME IT ALMOST KNOCKED HER DOWN IN A BOX WAS A LETTER FROM HER BROTHER WITH THE GRAY HAT ON SAID GOOD LORD WHAT HAVE I DONE I SHOT BILLY IN THE BACK CAUSE HE HAD THIS BLUE COAT ON BUT IN THE POCKET WAS A NOTE FROM BILLY SAID JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW IF I MET HIM FACE TO FACE I’D JUST TURN AND LET HIM GO OH YOU KNOW THIS WAR IS HELL SO DAMN ALL THESE BLUE COATS AND THE BOYS WITH THE GRAY HATS ON SOLO SHE TOOK THAT OLD BLUE COAT AND BURIED IT BY THE WELL AND A LOT OF FOLKS STILL WONDER JUST HOW IT WAS SHE FELL BUT THE BIG WAR CAME AND EACH WENT SEPARATE WAYS BILLY WITH A BLUE COAT HER BROTHER WITH A GRAY HAT ON IN THE SPRING WHEN THE SUN SHINES DOWN BY THE WELL THERE’S A LITTLE WHITE FLOWER WITH A SINGLE BLUE BELL IF YOU LOOK REAL CLOSE YOU MIGHT FIND SHADES OF GRAY CAUSE BILLY WORE A BLUE COAT HER BROTHER HAD A GRAY HAT ON SHE WAS BORN IN KENTUCKY GREW UP IN ILLINOIS