[00:10.83]France's sun was slowly
[00:14.23]Sinking o'er the hilltops far away
[00:17.58]The land was in its beauty
[00:19.83]Where the dying soldier lay
[00:23.36]Tears were streaming down his face
[00:27.10]As he slowly raised his head
[00:29.56]And these were the dying words he said:
[00:34.49]"Oh, carry me back to old Tennessee"
[00:39.43]"Let this be my last repose"
[00:43.80]"Lay my feet beneath the lilacs"
[00:49.55]"Lay my head beneath the rose"
[00:55.10]
[01:16.65]"Take this message to my mother
[01:19.62]"For I know she's old and gray"
[01:22.50]"At home I know she's
[01:24.10]Waiting,looking for her boy some day"
[01:28.46]"Oh, dear mother, I pulled through for my country and for you"
[01:34.23]"And I'm dying for the red, white, and blue"
[01:39.41]"Oh, carry me back to old Tennessee"
[01:44.05]"Let this be my last repose"
[01:49.09]"Lay my feet beneath the lilacs"
[01:54.17]"Lay my head beneath the rose"
[01:58.47]
[02:21.01]"O'er the hills of Tennessee where the wild winds wander free"
[02:27.15]"The little girl waiting there for me"
[02:32.26]"Tell her that the rose she gave me will be placed upon my grave"
[02:37.66]"In memory of her soldier brave"
[02:42.49]"Oh, carry me back to old Tennessee"
[02:47.58]"Let this be my last repose"
[02:52.45]"Lay my feet beneath the lilacs"
[02:57.33]"Lay my head beneath the rose"
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