| I’m writin' this letter, my darlin', from high on the hill
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| We’ve been marching ten days and we’re just outside Hopkinsville
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| It’s been snowing all night and we ain’t got no more kerosene
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| It’s colder than hell, hope you’re doing well Josephine
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| There’s a fever in camp and our boys are too sick to fight
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| We done lost old Calvin, Weaver won’t make it through the night
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| I overheard the captain say, it’s the worst he’s ever seen
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| I’m losing some weight, but I’m still standing up straight Josephine
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| Tell my children I miss 'em and wish I could kiss 'em once more
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| Bet they’ve growed a foot since they waved me goodbye at the door
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| Tell Mama and Daddy, I’m all right and just one more thing
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| I love you, I love you, I love you, Josephine
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| There’s three thousand Union troops camped at the river below
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| Six hundred of us, at least there was two nights ago
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| Will Irwin deserted and they hung him down by the stream
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| Good God, I’m so scared, keep me in your prayers, Josephine
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| Well the orders came down, we attack tonight at nightfall
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| If we can stop them right here, we can win this war once and for all
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| You know, I killed a Union boy last week, I bet he wasn’t fourteen
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| He looked just like our son, forgive me for what I’ve done, Josephine
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| Tell my children I miss 'em and wish I could kiss 'em once more
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| Bet they’ve growed a foot since they waved me goodbye at the door
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| Tell Mama and Daddy I’m all right and just one more thing
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| I love you, I love you, I love you, Josephine
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| And lastly, my darling, in case I should be killed
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| Don’t grieve me too long, promise me that you will
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| Marry another and don’t let him treat our babies mean
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| And when he’s holding you, won’t you think of me too, Josephine?
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| Tell my babies I miss 'em and wish I could kiss 'em once more
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| Bet they’ve growed a foot since they waved me goodbye at the door
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| Tell Mama and Daddy I’m all right and just one more thing
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| I love you, I love you, I love you, Josephine
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| I love you, I love you, I love you, Josephine |