Carter Family Song Lyrics

Faded coat of blue

My brave boy sleeps in his faded coat of blue

In a lonely grave unknown lies a heart that was so true

They sat faint and hungry among the Spanish braves

They laid him sad and lonely within his nameless grave

 

    No more the bugle calls the weary one

    Rest noble spirit in their graves unknown

    For we'll find you and know you among the good and true

    Where a robe of white is given for a faded coat of blue

 

He cried give me water and just a little crumb

And my mother she will bless you through all the years to come

And tell my sweetest sister so gentle good and true

I'll meet her in heaven dressed in white instead of blue

 

* Refrain

 

No dear one was near him to close his small blue eyes

No gentle voice was by him to give him sweet reply

No stone marks the lonely spot on the lad so brave and true

In a lonely grave he's sleeping in his faded coat of blue

 

* Refrain