Billy Don't Be a Hero

Billy Don't Be a Hero - Paper Lace

The marchin band

Came down along main street

The soldier blues fell in behind

I looked across

And there I saw Billy

Waiting to go and join the line

And with her head upon his shoulder

His young and lovely fiancee

From where I stood

I saw she was crying

And through her tears

I heard her say

Billy don't be a hero

Don't be a fool with your life

Billy don't be a hero

Come back and make me your wife

And as Billy started to go

She said keep your pretty head low

Billy don't be a hero

Come back to me

The soldier blues

Were trapped on a hillside

The battle raging all around

The sergeant cried

We've gotta hang on boys

We've gotta hold

This piece of ground

I need a volunteer to ride out

And bring us back some extra men

And Billy's hand was up in a moment

Forgetting all the words she said

She said

Billy don't be a hero

Don't be a fool with your life

Billy don't be a hero

Come back and make me your wife

And as Billy started to go

She said keep your pretty head low

Billy don't be a hero

Come back to me

I heard his fiancee got a letter

That told how Billy died that day

The letter said that he was a hero

She should be proud he died that way

I heard she threw the letter away