BLUE EYED BOSTON BOY


HE WAS JUST A BLUE-EYED BOSTON BOY,
HIS VOICE WAS LOW WITH PAIN
I'LL DO YOUR BIDDING, COMRADE MINE,
IF I RIDE BACK AGAIN
BUT IF YOU RIDE BACK WHEN I AM DEAD
YOU'LL DO AS MUCH FOR ME
MY MOTHER YOU KNOW MUST HEAR
THE NEWS SO WRITE TO HER TENDERLY


SHE'S WAITING AT HOME LIKE A PATIENT SAINT,
HER FINE FACE PALE WITH WOE
HER HEART WILL BE BROKEN WHEN I AM GONE,
I'LL SEE HER SOON I KNOW
JUST THEN THE ORDER CAME TO CHARGE
FOR AN INSTANT HAND TOUCHED HAND
THEY ANSWERED "AYE" THEN ON THEY RODE
THAT BRAVE AND DEVOTED BAND

SOLO: VERSE

STRAIGHT WAY WAS THE COURSE TO THE TOP OF THE HILL,
THE REBELS THEY SHOT and SHELLED
PLOWED FURROWS OF DEATH IN THE TOILING RANKS
 AND GUARDED TEHM AS THEY FELL
THERE SOON WAS A TERRIBLE DYING YELL,
 FROM THE HEIGHTS THEY COULD NOT GAIN
AND THOSE WHO DOOM AND DEATH HAD SPARED
 RODE SLOWLY BACK AGAIN

SOLO: VERSE & CHORUS

BUT AMONG THE DEAD WHO WERE LEFT ON THE FIELD
WAS THE BOY WITH THE CURLY HAIR
AND THE TALL DARK MAN WHO FOUGHT BY HIS SIDE
LAY DEAD BESIDE HIM THERE
THERE WAS NONE TO WRITE TO THE BLUE-EYED GIRL
THE WORDS HER LOVER HAD SAID
WHILE MOTHER AT HOME IS AWAITING HER BOY
SHE'LL ONLY KNOW HE'S DEAD
WHILE MOTHER AT HOME IS AWAITING HER BOY
SHE'LL ONLY KNOW?.HE'S DEAD


Traditional as heard from the Bluegrass Cardinals
Also known as "Two Soldiers" from a Pete Seeger Album from the 60's.
Laura Quigley: March 2004, key of D 3/4 Time.