Jolie Holland - Faded Coat Of Blue Lyrics
My brave lad sleeps in his faded coat of blueIn a lonely silent grave lies the heart that beat so trueHe sank faint and hungry among the famish'd braveAnd they laid him sad and lonely within his nameless graveHe cried, ";Give me water and just a little crumbAnd my mother she will bless you in all the years to comeOh! tell my sweet sister, so gentle, good and trueThat I'll meet her up in heaven, in my faded coat of blue."No more the bugle calls the weary oneRest, noble spirit in thy grave unknownI'll find you and know you among the good and trueWhen a robe of white is giving for the faded coat of blueLong, long years have vanished, and though he comes no moreYet my heart will startling beat with each footfall at my doorI gaze over the hill where he waved a last adieuBut no gallant lad I see, in his faded coat of blueNo more the bugle calls the weary oneRest, noble spirit in thy grave unknownI'll find you and know you among the good and trueWhen a robe of white is giving for the faded coat of blue
