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Submitted by
Koralyn Kibee
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Grandpa's Coat of Blue |
Grandpa's Coat
of Blue
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Now you and I'll get
married,
As we promised each we'd do;
And we will sail through life together
While you wear this coat of blue." |
Composed and Written by
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Now, my darling dear, come sit you
here
And I'll tell you what I'll do:
I will sing you a song, it will not be long,
All about my coat of blue |
Now Sadie and I have
children ten,
Boys eight, and girls but two;
And through all these years of wedded life:
I wore the coat of blue. |
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James Briar |
When I enlisted with Uncle Sam,
In the year of sixty-two
He says to me: "My boy, you see,
You can wear this coat of blue." |
Now those children have
gone and left us,
As they all had a right to do;
Yes, left us alone, as we started,
Just forty-four years ago. |
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Company A, 27th Iowa |
I says: "All right, now, Uncle Sam,
While I remain with you
I will never do a thing, you see,
To disgrace this coat of blue." |
But whene're they return they are
welcome,
Yes, they would surely be welcomed by two;
For their old father and mother would greet them
As nobody else would do. |
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1909 |
And for three long years I stayed
with him,
Until that cruel war was through:
And I never done a thing while there
To disgrace this coat of blue. |
Now, of course, we are
left very lonely,
Left alone, with only us two:
But, of course, we will have to endure it,
And paddle our own canoe. |
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When I came home in sixty-five
And that terrible war was through:
I went to see my Sadie dear,
And I wore that coat of blue |
I shall never go back
on my Sadie dear,
For to me she's proved faithful and true:
And I intend to stay by her as long as life lasts,
And also this old coat of blue. |
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When Sadie saw me coming
She fairly skipped and flew
To throw her arms around me
And embrace that coat of blue. |
But now I am old and
feeble, you see,
And my age it is seventy-two:
And through all those years of toil and strife
I still wear this coat of blue. |
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I says to her: "My Sadie, dear,
I've come home to stay with you;
We will spend our lives together,
And I'll wear this coat of blue." |
When I am laid out and
my time here is done,
And my labors on this earth are through;
There is one request that I ask of my friends,
That my shroud be the coat of blue. |
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Says she: "My darling soldier boy,
I am so proud of you,
Since you've come to me again,
As you promised you would do |
Now my darling, dear,
while you've sat here,
As your papa used to do:
I have sang you this song, it was not very long,
All about my coat of blue. |
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