Lyrics:

VERSE CHARLIE BOY, DONT GO TO WAR, FIRST BORN IN FORTY FOUR KENNEDY MADE HIM BELIEVE WE COULD DO MUCH MORE OHHH LILLIAN, DONT HANG YOUR HEAD, LOVE SHOULD MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD IN UNIFORM YOU RAISED A MAN, WHO VOLUNTEERED TO STAND BRIDGE OHHH CHORUS PLAY THE BUGLE, PLAY THE TAPS AND MAKE YOUR MOTHERS PROUD RAISE YOUR RIFLES TO THE SKY BOYS FIRE THAT VOLLEY LOUD VERSE NEWS WAS BAD ON UPLAND AVE., METUCHEN MOURN OUR LOSS SONS REBELLED, WHILE FATHERS YELLED, AND MOTHERS CLUTCHED THE CROSS BRIDGE OHHH CHORUS PLAY THE BUGLE, PLAY THE TAPS AND MAKE YOUR MOTHERS PROUD RAISE YOUR RIFLES TO THE SKY BOYS FIRE THAT VOLLEY LOUD