One wore blue, and one wore grey
As they marched along the way
A fife and drum began to play
All on a beautiful morning
One was gentle, and one was kind
One came home, one stayed behind
A cannonball, don't pay no mind
Cannonball, don't pay no mind
Though you're gentle, or you're kind
It don't think of the folks behind
Two girls waiting by the railroad track
For their darlings to come back
One wore blue, and one wore black