Oklahoma Bill - Jimmy Dean

作词：S Hamblen

作曲：S Hamblen

The General just gave me a medal oh

I'm a sight for mom to see

But when the news gets round that

I ain't got ole Bill

Some kids gonna think a whole lot less of me

You see she gave me that puppy and said he'd protect me through the night

And if I got hurt he'd go for help or he'd back me up in a fight

He growed all the while

I was trainin' forget him

I never will Cause you'd never see me with right at my heels was

Oklahoma Bill We hit a long ridge one sunup and it seemed like death held all the cards

Cause we payed and payed with lives of men for every hard fought yard

When finally we drove up to the top there wasn't nothin' but death behind

And as we all dug in we all thanked

God though we numbered only nine

And as the snipers switched their guns as darkness closed that hill

My soul companion in the night was

Oklahoma Bill There's no glory in a battle once you've seen its awful cost

But there's glory in the knowledge that your flag is never lost

And yet in the stillness of the nightime and all alone you hold a post

You start cryin' like a baby sittin' there with all the