Billy Don't Be a Hero (Re-Recorded / Remastered)

Billy Don’T Be A Hero - Paper Lace

The marching 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 billy started to go she said

Keep your brilliant 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 got to hang on boys

We've got to hold this piece of ground

I need a volunteer to ride up

And bring us back some extra men

And billy's hand was up in a moment

Forgettin' 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 billy started to go she said

Keep your brilliant 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 that letter away