I am but a simple man I got no command of the written word I can only try and tell you The things I seen and heard Listen to this picture Forever etched on my mind The day that hell broke loose just north of Marietta All along the Kennesaw Line.
The sun rose high above us that morning On a clear and cloudless day Peckerwood tapped on a tree that would Soon be shot away The heat blistered down through the leaves on the trees The air felt hot enough to catch fire The heavens seemed to be made of brass As the sun rose higher and higher
Everything got real still and quiet My old mess mate, Walter Hood said "I believe them boys down there are up to something I know it ain't no dang good." The storm broke and swept down on us Rumbled through the hills Walter sighed and dropped his rifle He said something to me about the whippoorwills
Sammy, can't you hear 'em singing Singing for you and me All the Maury Grays Carry me back to Tennessee God bless the 1st and the 27th Grand Rock City Guard Nobody ever told me That dying would be so hard.
Sammy I think I been hurt real bad Ain't this a hell of a day Best go leave me be now I think I need some time to pray You know how bad I been wanting to go home Couldn't see rightly how Colonel Field ain't gonna have a choice this time I think I'm gonna get my furlough now
Don't you tell me that you can't hear 'em Singing for you and me All the Maury Grays Carry me back to Tennessee