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Derek Warfield
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The wearing of the gray
Oh have you heard the cruel news?
Alas, it is too true：
From Appomatox Courthouse,
Went down a cross of Blue (the Battle Flag's saltire)!
Our armies have surrendered
We fell to the Northern sway
Forever more forbidden is the wearing of the Gray!
For the wearing of the Gray,
For the wearing of the Gray,
Forever more forbidden is the wearing of the Gray!
No more, on fields of battle,
waves the banner of our pride
In vain, beneath the Crimson Folds,
Our Stuart (Jeb) and Jackson (Thomas 'Stonewall') died.
Like a meteor of the evening,
That flag has passed away,
And low are they who guarded it, the Wearers of the Gray.
Remember how we scattered them,
Beneath the Mountains, old
And how we tossed the pow'rs of strong,
The valor of the bold!
We flung them through the bloody gap (the Cumberland Gap?),
Alongst we bled the way.
Remember this and ne'er forsake
The wearing of the Gray!
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We have lost all but honor,
Our green banners have no shame.
Though beaten down by numbers,
We keep our ancient fame.
Though exiles from old Ireland,
We, in our homes, will stay.
We'll not forget our own dear land
And proudly wear the Gray!
Now honor to the soldier
Who still is firm and true,
and shame upon the Southern man
Who wears the coat of Blue!
While 'round the Blue Ridge Mountains,
An evening '?' shall play.
We, like the mountains, never leave
The wearing of the Gray!
Now here's to the Confederacy
And comrades, true, who died!
In the forefront of the battle,
The Irish would not hide!
When the Crimson Banner floats again,
no more to pass away,
Let a token of her vict'ry
Be the wearing of the Gray!
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