Another Old Soldier
He was haggard and gray and he walked with a limp
He'd have him a smoke, and he'd take him a sip
Born in the summer of '24
Son of a veteran of the First World War
He entered the Service in '41
Didn't come back 'til the fighting was done
Wearing a Silver Star on his chest
Damn proud to say he was one of the best
Twenty-one guns, stars and stripes
Eye full of tears and a heart full of pride
Hear that distant bugle play. . .
'Nother old soldier fades away. . .
'Mother old soldier fades away. . .
He took a bullet in the hip right inside Inchon
He was back in the field by '51
Saying Douglas MacArthur was a man among men
Harry S. Truman was a horse's end
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Mark Collie; © 1989 BMG Songs, Inc. (ASCAP). All rights reserved.
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