Call Out The Cavalry

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Not another foot was stirring on 
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the floor of the house
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except for my 'pa who'd been up 
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for a while
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Seems he's headin' on after the 
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bad word that came,
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of his brothers who marched but 
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were left down all slain

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Please call out the cavalry
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Send them along
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For we need our daddy,
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and so does this farm

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Mama stays awake to pray,
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in a lonely straw bed
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and we rise before the sun
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with the work that he left

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He took what mama made him to 
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feed him on his way
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he kissed all my brothers, my 
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sisters, and me
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he held my poor mama, looked down 
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and said, "Son,
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I'll be home soon, now hand me my 
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coat and my gun."


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Please call out the cavalry
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Send them along
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For we need our daddy
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and so does this farm

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Mama stays awake to pray
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in a lonely straw bed
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and we rise before the sun
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with the work that he left

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It's been some days without him, 
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but we've toiled away
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hang onto the cattle and the 
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crops that we've laid
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mama sits by the window and 
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stares until dark
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and rocks by the fire and cries 
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out her heart

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Please call out the cavalry
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Send my man home
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For we need our daddy
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and so does this farm

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mama stays awake to pray, in a 
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lonely straw bed
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and we rise before the sun, for the
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 work that you left

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been about a year since my daddy 
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had gone
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when I saw an old carriage, and a 
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coat I'd once known
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it was draped o'er a man who once 
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stood proud and tall
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now broken and battered and 
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missing an arm

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he cried when he saw us, and the 
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words they came slow
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of the sunrise he found and the 
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hell that he'd known
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he asked for forgiveness for 
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failing us all
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his duty cut short, in the battle 
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he lost

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We said, "don't mind that daddy, 
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for now you are home,
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now mama cries for joy, and she 
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won't sleep alone.
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You've sons and you've daughters, 
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now please use our arms."
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Now rise before the sun, for the 
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work to be done.