Throw This Letter Away

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I already have a blog for discussing comic books.  This blog is for everything else that remains.

First up, a mystery:


If Billy hadn't yet married that girl, then why did she get an official letter when he died?


Billy, Don't Be a Hero

by Mitch Murray & Peter Callander

The marching band came down along Main Street

The soldier blues fell in behind

I looked across and there I saw Billy

Waiting to go and join the line

And with her head upon his shoulder

His young and lovely fiancee

From where I stood I saw she was crying

And through her tears I heard her say

Billy, don't be a hero, don't be a fool with your life

Billy, don't be a hero, come back and make me your wife

And as he started to go she said, Billy, keep your head low

Billy, don't be a hero, come back to me

The soldier blues were trapped on a hillside

The battle raging all around

The sergeant cried, "We've got to hang on, boys!

We've got to hold this piece of ground"

I need a volunteer to ride up

And bring us back some extra men

And Billy's hand was up in a moment

Forgetting all the words she said

She said

Billy, don't be a hero, don't be a fool with your life

Billy, don't be a hero, come back and make me your wife

And as he started to go she said, Billy, keep your head low

Billy, don't be a hero, come back to me

I heard his fiancee got a letter

That told how Billy died that day

The letter said that he was a hero

She should be proud he died that way



Comments

  1. ScipioAugust 18, 2023 at 5:39 PM

    I am informed that Billy could have listed his fiancee as "Next of Kin" when enlisting, which would trigger an "edged-in-black" letter when he died.

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