The Dying Soldier-The Carter Family

[ti:The Dying Soldier] [ar:The Carter Family] [al:Legends] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Dying Soldier - The Carter Family (卡特家族) [00:11.98]France's sun was slowly sinking [00:14.93]O'er the hilltops far away [00:17.09] [00:17.73]The land was in it's beauty [00:19.86]Where the dying soldier lay [00:22.51] [00:24.18]Tears were streaming down his face [00:27.18]As he slowly raised his head [00:29.61]And these were the [00:31.50]Dying words he said [00:33.55] [00:34.91]Oh carry me back to old Tennessee [00:39.25] [00:39.77]Let this be my last repose [00:43.26] [00:44.85]Lay my feet beneath the lilacs [00:49.72]Lay my head beneath the rose [00:52.77] [01:16.64]Take this message to my mother [01:19.52]For I know she's old and gray [01:21.99]At home I know she's waiting [01:24.35]Looking for her boy some day [01:26.84] [01:28.46]Oh dear mother [01:30.17]I pulled through for [01:31.71]My country and for you [01:33.70]And I'm dying for the red [01:35.89]White and blue [01:37.51] [01:38.76]Oh carry me back to old Tennessee [01:43.15] [01:43.73]Let this be my last repose [01:47.14] [01:48.76]Lay my feet beneath the lilacs [01:52.76] [01:53.59]Lay my head beneath the rose [01:56.66] [02:20.39]O'er the hills of Tennessee where [02:23.63]The wild winds wander free [02:25.84]The little girl waiting there for me [02:29.48] [02:31.21]Tell her that the rose she gave me [02:34.08]Will be placed upon my grave [02:36.44]In memory of her soldier brave [02:40.38] [02:41.41]Oh carry me back to old Tennessee [02:46.39]Let this be my last repose [02:49.80] [02:51.42]Lay my feet beneath the lilacs [02:55.32] [02:56.19]Lay my head beneath the rose