Oklahoma Bill-Jimmy Dean

[ti:Oklahoma Bill] [ar:Jimmy Dean] [al:Big Bad John] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Oklahoma Bill - Jimmy Dean [00:10.51]The General just gave me a medal [00:12.01] [00:13.12]Oh I'm a sight for mom to see [00:14.81] [00:17.52]But when the news gets round [00:18.77]That I ain't got ole Bill [00:20.09] [00:20.79]Some kids gonna think a whole lot less of me [00:22.71] [00:25.32]You see she gave me that puppy and [00:27.72]Said he'd protect me through the night [00:29.37] [00:31.46]And if I got hurt he'd go for help [00:33.39]Or he'd back me up in a fight [00:34.85] [00:36.98]He growed all the while I was trainin' [00:38.86] [00:39.91]Forget him I never will [00:42.87] [00:44.51]Cause you'd never see me with right [00:46.32]At my heels was Oklahoma Bill [00:48.26] [00:51.93]We hit a long ridge one sunup and [00:53.77]It seemed like death held all the cards [00:56.17] [00:57.75]Cause we payed and payed with lives of [01:00.40]Men for every hard fought yard [01:02.98] [01:06.17]When finally we drove up to the top [01:07.94]There wasn't nothin' but death behind [01:09.30] [01:11.38]And as we all dug in we all thanked God [01:13.87] [01:14.85]Though we numbered only nine [01:16.01] [01:19.08]And as the snipers switched their [01:20.73]Guns as darkness closed that hill [01:23.35]My soul companion in the night was Oklahoma Bill [01:27.50] [01:31.21]There's no glory in a battle once [01:33.34]You've seen its awful cost [01:34.96]But there's glory in the knowledge [01:37.56]That your flag is never lost [01:39.10] [01:42.23]And yet in the stillness of the nightime [01:44.66] [01:45.35]And all alone you hold a post [01:46.88] [01:49.12]You start cryin' like a baby sittin' [01:52.78]There with all the ghosts [01:54.12] [01:56.11]You feel your buddies are pattin' your back [01:58.20] [01:59.30]Though their guns're silent and still [02:01.74] [02:04.86]It's only a dog tryin' to love you my Oklahoma Bill [02:10.68] [02:12.60]I gave my note to the Colonel and I bound a shattered leg [02:15.06]And I said Bill we're sure in trouble [02:18.31] [02:19.74]He never whimpered or begged [02:20.98] [02:22.11]I could tell he hated to leave me I was [02:23.88]The only God he ever knew [02:25.04] [02:26.64]But quick as a flash he took of through [02:28.35]The night like a fightin' marine would do [02:30.20] [02:32.60]I kept firin' till help finally came it was [02:37.39]Him though that saved that hill [02:38.81] [02:40.28]A dyin' dog had got through the lines my Oklahoma Bill [02:46.17] [02:48.40]That little ol' kid will always wonder [02:50.03]What happened to her dog [02:51.27] [02:53.01]But she'll find out on Judgement Day [02:55.23]When she sees the big Skipper's log [02:56.83] [02:59.08]We'll all walk in and bugles'll blow [03:01.65]And we'll stand our last revue [03:03.53] [03:05.57]And men who've died for men on earth [03:07.76]Will get their heavenly dues [03:09.08] [03:11.45]And if all brave hearts are there that day [03:13.96] [03:15.82]I'll get my greatest thrill [03:17.63] [03:19.62]When I hang this medal around [03:21.46]The neck of Oklahoma Bill