Lyrics:

Oh, brother Green
Won't you come to me
For I am shot
And bleeding
Dig me a grave
And stow me away
For I am not
Shovelin'

And every war
Is a rich man's war
And every fight
A failure
Please know that we
Are not your enemy
Please know that we
Forgive you

I grew up on
A battlefield
Where boys lay dead
And dying
Don't tread on we
Oh, brother Green
To reach you I
Am trying

Jim Riley he
Nearly starved you see
Faced every shell

At Vicksburg
The western shore
He swam until he reached
And I still hear
That water
I will not fear
That water