The Dying Soldier-The Carter Family

[ti:The Dying Soldier] [ar:The Carter Family] [al:The Very Best of the Carter Family] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Dying Soldier - The Carter Family (卡特家族) [00:12.04]France's sun was slowly sinking o'er the hilltops far away [00:18.08]The land was in its beauty where the dying soldier lay [00:24.27]Tears were streaming down his face as he slowly raised his head [00:29.57]And these were the dying words he said [00:34.76]Oh carry me back to old Tennessee [00:40.18]Let this be my last repose [00:44.96]Lay my feet beneath the lilacs [00:49.89]Lay my head beneath the rose [00:52.78](Instrumental break) [01:16.70]Take this message to my mother for I know she's old and gray [01:22.58]At home I know she's waiting looking for her boy some day [01:28.54]Oh dear mother I pulled through for my country and for you [01:33.81]And I'm dying for the red white and blue [01:38.85]Oh carry me back to old Tennessee [01:44.15]Let this be my last repose [01:48.86]Lay my feet beneath the lilacs [01:53.85]Lay my head beneath the rose [01:58.87](Instrumental break) [02:20.56]O'er the hills of Tennessee where the wild winds wander free [02:26.56]The little girl waiting there for me [02:31.26]Tell her that the rose she gave me will be placed upon my grave [02:35.93] [02:36.44]In memory of her soldier brave [02:41.43]Oh carry me back to old Tennessee [02:46.76]Let this be my last repose [02:51.46]Lay my feet beneath the lilacs [02:56.30]Lay my head beneath the rose