Richmond On The James

[00:23.75] Our land is filled with mourning, from Bourbon to Malone
[00:30.99] And many wives and mothers are weeping, sad and alone
[00:37.13] For many youthful heroes are among the noble slain
[00:43.48] On a blood-red field near Richmond
[00:47.26] Fair Richmond on the James
[00:50.55] A soldier boy at Richmond lay gasping on the field
[00:57.83] The battle strife was over and the foe was forced to yield
[01:03.75] But fell one noble hero before the foe-man's aim
[01:10.04] On the blood-stained field at Richmond
[01:13.70] Fair Richmond on the James
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[01:42.86] A comrade stood beside him as his lifeblood ebbed away
[01:49.37] They had been chums together since boyhood's early day
[01:54.62] Together they had struggled 'mid strife and grief and pain
[01:59.29] But to part that night at Richmond
[02:03.25] Fair Richmond on the James
[02:06.32] He said, "My noble comrade, you will miss me for awhile
[02:13.54] But the faces that once loved us, again on you will smile
[02:18.72] Again you will be foremost in all the village games
[02:24.78] While I lie here at Richmond
[02:28.50] Fair Richmond on the James"
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[02:56.90] Take the sword home to my brother, and the star upon my breast
[03:04.09] To my young and gentle sister, the one that I loved best
[03:10.23] And a brown lock from my forehead to my mother who still dreams
[03:16.24] Of the safe return of her soldier boy
[03:20.19] From Richmond on the James
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