A Soldier's Plea

Far from home in a yankee prison A rebel soldier knelt to pray Father care for my wife and children If it's my time to pass away On a field in Pennsylvania A yankee bullet pierced my chest Soon they'll take me to Virginia There my rebel soul shall rest Let my mama know I loved her Tell my pa I fought with pride Show the others down in Dixie Was for them I fought and died I was proud to fight for Dixie Through the hunger and the pain Please remember this rebel soldier Or I will have died in vain