Faded Coat Of Blue - The Carter Family

My brave boy sleeps in his faded coat of blue

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

He sank faint and hungry among the Spanish brave

And 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 sweet sister so gentle good and true

That I’ll meet her up in heaven in my faded coat of blue»

No dear one was nigh him to close his mild blue eyes

No gentle voice was by him to give him sweet replies

No stone marks the lonely sod on a lad so brave and true

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