Billy, Don't Be A Hero
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🆔 ID: 1816383
📜 Lyrics
The marching band came down along Main Street
The soldier blues fell in behind
From where I stood, there I saw Billy
Waiting to go and join the line.
And with her head upon his shoulder
His young and lovely fiancée
From where I stood I saw she was crying
And through her tears I heard her say
"Billy don't be a hero
Don't be a fool with your life.
Billy don't be a hero
Come back and make me your wife"
And as they started to go
She said "keep your pretty head low"
"Billy don't be a hero, come back to me."
The soldier blues are trapped on a hillside
The battle raging all around.
The sergeant cried we've got to hang on boys
We've got to hold this piece of ground.
I need a volunteer to ride up
And bring us back some extra men
And Billy's hand was up in a moment
Forgetting all the words she said.
She said
"Billy don't be a hero
Don't be a fool with your life.
Billy don't be a hero
Come back and make me your wife"
And as they started to go
She said "keep your pretty head low"
"Billy don't be a hero, come back to me."
I heard his fiancée got a letter
That told how Billy died that day
The letter said that he was a hero
She should be proud he died that way.
I heard she threw the letter
Away.
The soldier blues fell in behind
From where I stood, there I saw Billy
Waiting to go and join the line.
And with her head upon his shoulder
His young and lovely fiancée
From where I stood I saw she was crying
And through her tears I heard her say
"Billy don't be a hero
Don't be a fool with your life.
Billy don't be a hero
Come back and make me your wife"
And as they started to go
She said "keep your pretty head low"
"Billy don't be a hero, come back to me."
The soldier blues are trapped on a hillside
The battle raging all around.
The sergeant cried we've got to hang on boys
We've got to hold this piece of ground.
I need a volunteer to ride up
And bring us back some extra men
And Billy's hand was up in a moment
Forgetting all the words she said.
She said
"Billy don't be a hero
Don't be a fool with your life.
Billy don't be a hero
Come back and make me your wife"
And as they started to go
She said "keep your pretty head low"
"Billy don't be a hero, come back to me."
I heard his fiancée got a letter
That told how Billy died that day
The letter said that he was a hero
She should be proud he died that way.
I heard she threw the letter
Away.
⏱️ Synced Lyrics
[00:14.49] The marching band came down along Main Street
[00:19.03] The soldier blues fell in behind
[00:22.48] From where I stood, there I saw Billy
[00:26.64] Waiting to go and join the line.
[00:30.59] And with her head upon his shoulder
[00:34.36] His young and lovely fiancée
[00:38.44] From where I stood I saw she was crying
[00:42.28] And through her tears I heard her say
[00:45.78] "Billy don't be a hero
[00:48.55] Don't be a fool with your life.
[00:53.87] Billy don't be a hero
[00:56.57] Come back and make me your wife"
[01:01.15] And as they started to go
[01:04.56] She said "keep your pretty head low"
[01:09.13] "Billy don't be a hero, come back to me."
[01:16.37]
[01:21.19] The soldier blues are trapped on a hillside
[01:25.23] The battle raging all around.
[01:28.75] The sergeant cried we've got to hang on boys
[01:32.94] We've got to hold this piece of ground.
[01:37.08] I need a volunteer to ride up
[01:40.64] And bring us back some extra men
[01:44.52] And Billy's hand was up in a moment
[01:48.34] Forgetting all the words she said.
[01:51.90] She said
[01:55.09] "Billy don't be a hero
[01:57.08] Don't be a fool with your life.
[02:02.02] Billy don't be a hero
[02:04.83] Come back and make me your wife"
[02:09.72] And as they started to go
[02:12.81] She said "keep your pretty head low"
[02:17.50] "Billy don't be a hero, come back to me."
[02:25.81] I heard his fiancée got a letter
[02:30.03] That told how Billy died that day
[02:33.58] The letter said that he was a hero
[02:37.76] She should be proud he died that way.
[02:41.83] I heard she threw the letter
[02:45.63] Away.
[02:47.86]
[00:19.03] The soldier blues fell in behind
[00:22.48] From where I stood, there I saw Billy
[00:26.64] Waiting to go and join the line.
[00:30.59] And with her head upon his shoulder
[00:34.36] His young and lovely fiancée
[00:38.44] From where I stood I saw she was crying
[00:42.28] And through her tears I heard her say
[00:45.78] "Billy don't be a hero
[00:48.55] Don't be a fool with your life.
[00:53.87] Billy don't be a hero
[00:56.57] Come back and make me your wife"
[01:01.15] And as they started to go
[01:04.56] She said "keep your pretty head low"
[01:09.13] "Billy don't be a hero, come back to me."
[01:16.37]
[01:21.19] The soldier blues are trapped on a hillside
[01:25.23] The battle raging all around.
[01:28.75] The sergeant cried we've got to hang on boys
[01:32.94] We've got to hold this piece of ground.
[01:37.08] I need a volunteer to ride up
[01:40.64] And bring us back some extra men
[01:44.52] And Billy's hand was up in a moment
[01:48.34] Forgetting all the words she said.
[01:51.90] She said
[01:55.09] "Billy don't be a hero
[01:57.08] Don't be a fool with your life.
[02:02.02] Billy don't be a hero
[02:04.83] Come back and make me your wife"
[02:09.72] And as they started to go
[02:12.81] She said "keep your pretty head low"
[02:17.50] "Billy don't be a hero, come back to me."
[02:25.81] I heard his fiancée got a letter
[02:30.03] That told how Billy died that day
[02:33.58] The letter said that he was a hero
[02:37.76] She should be proud he died that way.
[02:41.83] I heard she threw the letter
[02:45.63] Away.
[02:47.86]