I have heard the cannons thundering all night  And I cannot sleep for wondering why's a rebel's cause so right  And the morphine seems to do no good at all  And I would run away it I would not fall  I joined the southern cavalry for fun  and I had rode a thousand horses  Always had a way with a gun    Now I'm among the horseless riders lying still  Swallowed up by the cause on the widows hill  And I dreamed about a rose in a spanish garden  And I kissed you and I placed it in your hair  And if I'm ever on my feet again I will  And I will run all the way just to meet you there    Through the day I watched those southern boys go down  And they lay like Georgia peaches bruised and broken on the ground  Through the night I wondered was it worth the pain  And I cried not revenge I called your name    REPEAT CHORUS