The Killigans - Shame and Sorrow Lyrics
Visages in the dying light of a long forgotten dayBring sweet memories unbidden to my mindA faded worn out photograph has become my cross to bearA coward I left everything behindThere was a fire that year, my brother lost his leg in the warFor the Union he gave everything, but at Shiloh they took even moreI turn and walk away in shame and sorrowBut the demon’s grip pulls me back againThe bright refrain of a battle hymn was the anthem on our lipsThe day we left home, spring 1862For a sunken road called The Hornets’ Nest, in the face of the cannons’ fireAt Pearson’s words, “By God we’ll see it through”And at the fight in the grove, the blossoms they covered our deadWhen Johnston of the Rebels fell even the Bluecoats lowered their headsAnd when I wake in the night I cry to myself, “What have I done?”For the loved ones I’ve forsaken now I’m doomed to this wretched existence alone