first battalion

Boom bah bah
Boom bah bah boom
Twelve riders in the gloom
Seven show red and the rest are dead
But the First Battalions home
Boom bah bah
Boom bah bah boom
You can hear the hoof beats boom
The drums are low and the pace is slow
But the First Battalions home
So run to your homes Virginia gals
And fix your hair with pins
And give them wine and kisses
But dont ask them where theyve been
Boom bah bah
Boom bah bah boom
And Richmond is their tomb
Theres a hundred still at Richmond
Three hundred dead at Gettysburg
And a hundred more weve never found
But the First Battalions home
Boom bah bah
Boom bah bah boom
Boom bah bah
Boom bah bah boom
Boom boom boom