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The Battle of Antietam

from Stone of Madness by The Striped Bananas

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Traditional song about two brothers who discover each other on the battlefield in uniforms of different colors.

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Twas on the field of Antietam where many the soldier fell
is where occurred the story for which to you I tell
The dead lay all around me, together we all lay
for we had had a fearful fight upon the hill that day

And as I lay there musing upon the damp cold ground
my knapsack for a pillow my blankets wrapped around
And as I lay there musing I heard a bitter cry
"Lord save me and take me home to die...

I thought the boy who shot me had a familiar face
but in the battle's fury was difficult to trace
I thought it was my brother if him I could see
I'd kiss him and forgive him and lay me down to lie"

I quickly ran unto him and heard his story 'o
it was my long lost brother who lay in his gore
And as I spoke of loved ones that we had left behind
he whispered "my dear brother I can die now"

Then quickly as a slumbering babe his eyelids closed
and I saw him sink with shortening breath to death's long repose
and with many tears and sad farewell I scooped a narrow grave and
there he sleeps beneath the sod by Antietam's waves

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from Stone of Madness, released July 15, 2017
Arranged by Duncan & Andrew

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Catchy psychedelic garage rock featuring Female/Male vocals. Providing ear worms since 2010.

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