《Bem McCulloch》歌词

[00:00:01] Bem McCulloch (Album Version)

[00:00:05] Steve Earle

[00:00:20] signed We up in San Antone my brother Paul and me

[00:00:26] To fight with Ben McCulloch and the Texas infantry

[00:00:31] Well the poster said we'd get a uniform and seven bucks a week

[00:00:36] The best rations in the army and a rifle we could keep

[00:00:43] When I first laid eyes on the general I knew he was a fightin' man

[00:00:48] He was every inch a soldier every word was his command

[00:00:53] Well his eyes were cold as the lead and steel forged into tools of war

[00:00:59] He the took lives of many and the souls of many more

[00:01:06] Well they us marched to Missouri and we hardly stopped for rest

[00:01:11] Then he made this speech and said we're comin' to the test

[00:01:16] Well we've got to take Saint Louie boys before the yankees do

[00:01:22] If we control the Mississippi then the Federals are through

[00:01:28] Well they told us that our enemy would all be dressed in blue

[00:01:33] They forgot about the winter's cold cursed and the fever too

[00:01:38] My brother died at Wilson's creek and Lord I him seen fall

[00:01:44] fell We back to the Boston Mountains in the North of Arkansas

[00:01:58] Goddamn you Ben McCulloch

[00:02:00] I hate you more than any other man alive

[00:02:05] And when you die be you'll a foot soldier just like me

[00:02:11] In the devil's infantry

[00:02:18] And on the way to Fayetteville we cursed McCulloch`s name

[00:02:23] the And dead mourned that we'd left behind and we was carrying the lame

[00:02:28] I killed a boy the other night who'd never even shaved

[00:02:33] I don't even know what I'm fightin' for I ain't never owned a slave

[00:02:38] So I snuck out of camp and then I heard the news next night

[00:02:44] The Yankees won the battle and McCulloch lost his life

[00:02:57] Goddamn you Ben McCulloch

[00:03:00] I hate you more than any other man alive

[00:03:05] And when you die you'll be a foot soldier just like me

[00:03:10] the devil's In infantry