| Lyrics: | THERE'S MANY A MAN BEEN MURDERED IN LUZON
'Twas the emancipated race
That was
charging up the hill
Up to where those insurrectos
Were fighting fit to kill,
The
Captain bold of Company B
Was fighting in the lead,
And like a true born soldier
He of those bullets took no heed.
cho: For there's many a man been murdered in
Luzon
In Samar, and in Mindanao;
There's many a man been murdered in the
Philippines
And lies sleeping in some lonesome grave.
Now Private Alexander
Green,
Said to his Captain bold,
"They've got more men upon that hill,
Tban what
we've been told.
So from this action we must hike,
Our precious lives to save,
For
I want you to be a Captain bold,
When I'm sleeping in my grave:'
"No! no! brave
Green;'says Cap,
"Our duty lies right here;'
And with his trusty blade in hand,
He led them with a cheer.
Up the hill, with a terrible yell,
For he was working for a
star,
And the Gu-Gus tell how he gave them hell
For he was a U.S.
REGULAR.
Now when that action it was over,
The wounded strewed the sod,
The
Doctor came with the Hospital Corp:
And a Chinese litter squad.
They found poor Alec
where he lay,
A-wallowlng in his blood,
And they picked him up and took hlm where
The dressing station stood.
"O never mind your Captain bold"'
Says Doc to Private
Green,
"You've got the worst wound in your head
I believe I've ever seen:"
"O never
mind mg head" ,says Green,
"I want to dle, I do,
For the Captain needs his Alec
Green,
Beyond that pale of blue!'
Now on that hill the Captaln bold,
In his
last grave does reside,
And Private Alexander Green
Is sleeping by hls side.
The
wind a-sighing thru the trees,
Seems to whisper soft and low,
It's the Captain calllng,
"First Sergt. Green"
And Alec answering "Here- O"
from the Book of Navy Songs,
USNA
Note: From the Philippine Insurrection, 1898-1900. "Gu-gu" was
an appelation
used for a native. There's a version of "Wreck
of the FFV" with the refrain "Manys a man's
been killed on
the railroad ... And lies sleeping in some loonesome grave."
Anybody know a root song for this? RG
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