Laughlin Boy Lyrics - Flower Of Avalon - Tracy Grammer

Have you heard many a story 

Told by old and young with joy 

About the faithful deed of daring 

That was done by the Laughlin boy? 

That was done by the Laughlin boy? 

(Chorus) 

Listen to me children, well I wouldn't tell a lie 

Listen to me children, well I wouldn't tell a lie 

That Laughlin boy was a boy of honor 

And he loved Virginia well 

But he would not fire a rifle 

So he sat in a cold jail cell 

So he sat in a cold jail cell 

He was pierced and he was beaten 

Forty stripes he gladly bore 

But he would not serve the Devil 

In that awful Civil War 

In that awful Civil War 

Chorus 

Twelve grey soldiers stood before him 

And they aimed their rifles true 

He prayed, "Lord, O please forgive them 

For they know not what they do 

For they know not what they do" 

Those young soldiers would not fire 

They defied the General's plan 

So the Army changed his sentence 

Who could murder such a man? 

Who could murder such a man? 

Chorus 

They hauled him far away to richmond 

Far away from his kids and wife 

There, pneumonia wracked his body 

That good man soon lost his life 

That good man soon lost his life 

Now his wife is sadly weeping 

Seven children wonder why 

Lord, it seems that truth and honor 

Sure can come at an awful price 

Sure can come at an awful price 

Chorus 

Have you heard many a story 

Told by old and young with joy 

About the faithful deed of daring 

That was done by the Laughlin boy? 

That was done by the Laughlin boy? y