Oh, brother Green Won't you come to me For I am shot And bleeding Dig me a grave And stow me away For I am not Shovelin' And every war Is a rich man's war And every fight A failure Please know that we Are not your enemy Please know that we Forgive you ♪ I grew up on A battlefield Where boys lay dead And dying Don't tread on we Oh, brother Green To reach you I Am trying Jim Riley he Nearly starved you see Faced every shell At Vicksburg The western shore He swam until he reached And I still hear That water I will not fear That water