The Union Mare & The Confederate Grey

(Paul Kennerley)
White Mansions, 1978

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Lyrics sung by The Drifter (Waylon Jennings) & Polly (Jessi Colter)
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(INTRO)

two horses were trotting, they pranced and they ran

each one was commanded by a cavalry man

two horses stood grazing where their dead riders lay

a Union mare and a Confederate grey

 

they nuzzled each other as they teased and had fun

they bathed in the warm rays of the old Southern sun

no more senseless orders for them to obey

so they acted like lovers, this mare and this grey

(INSTRUMENTAL)

 

now these are such sad times that we're all living in

for killing you brother is the mightiest sin

how happy we'd be if we acted the way

of the Union mare and the Confederate grey

(INSTRUMENTAL)

 

two horses were trotting, they pranced and they ran

each one was commanded by a cavalry man

two horses stood grazing where their dead riders lay

a Union mare and a Confederate grey

 

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Lyrics & Music: Paul Kennerley
Copyright 1978 Randor Music (London) Ltd.
Controlled in the U.S. & Canada by Irving Music, Inc. (BMI)

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Created 17 January 2003
Updated 17 January 2003

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