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I have heard the cannon thundering all night

And I cannot sleep for wonderin’ why the rebel’s cause so right

And the morphine seems to do no good at all

And I would run all the way if I would not fall

I joined the southern cavalry for fun

I have rode a thousand horses always had a way with a gun

Now I’m among the horseless riders lying still

Swallowed up by the cause on the Widow’s hill

Chorus:

And I dreamed about a rose in a Spanish garden

And I kissed you and I placed it in your hair

And If I’m ever on my feet again I will

And I would run all the way just to meet you there

Through the day I watched those southern boys go down

And they lay like Georgia peaches bruised and broken on the ground

Through the night I wondered is it worth the pain

And I cried not revenge I called your name

Chorus:

As I dreamed about a rose in a Spanish garden…

Repeat Chorus:

And I dreamed about a rose in a Spanish garden…