Two brothers on their way
Two brothers on their way
Two brothers on their way
T'was on a pleasant summer's day

On a pleasant summer's day
When they marched along their way
A fife and drum began to play
There on a beautiful morning

One was gentle, one was kind
One was gentle, one was kind
One came home, one stay behind,
A cannon ball don't pay no mind

A cannon ball don't pay no mind
If you're gentle or you're kind
It don't think of the folks behind
There on a beautiful morning

Two girls waiting by the railroad track,
Two girls waiting by the railroad track
For their darlings to come back
One wore blue and wore black

One wore blue and wore black
Waiting by the railroad track
For their darlings to come back
There on a beautiful morning