[Verse]
Charlie Boy, Don't Go To War, First Born In Forty - Four
Kennedy Made Him Believe We Could Do Much More

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Lillian, Don't Hang Your Head, Love Should Make You Feel Good
In Uniform You Raised A Man, Who Volunteered To Stand

[Bridge]
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[Chorus]
Play The Bugle, Play The Taps And
Make Your Mothers Proud
Raise Your Rifles To The Sky Boys
Fire That Volley Loud

[Verse]
News Was Bad On Upland Ave., Metuchen Mourn Our Loss
Sons Rebelled, While Fathers Yelled, And Mothers Clutched The Cross

[Bridge]
Ohhh

[Chorus]
Play The Bugle, Play The Taps And
Make Your Fathers Proud
Raise Your Rifles To The Sky Boys
Fire That Volley Loud