Marty Robbins - Private Wilson White lyrics

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Private Wilson White, America is proud tonight<br />

Proud to claim you for their hero, Private White<br />

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On a battlefield one day in a land so far away<br />

Mid the rattle of machine guns in the dawn's first golden light<br />

Twenty men lay close to death, nineteen of them held their breath<br />

While one volunteered to save them, volunteered to give his life<br />

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Private Wilson White, America is proud tonight<br />

Proud to claim you for their hero, Private White<br />

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Nineteen lives he meant to save, not one backward glance he gave<br />

As he yelled, for God and country, through an open field he ran<br />

But the enemy had seen and they understood his scheme<br />

And the fire from their machine guns knocked the rifle from his hands<br />

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Private Wilson White, America is proud tonight<br />

Proud to claim you for their hero, Private White<br />

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Seven bullets found their mark, seven bullets near the heart<br />

And the force of seven bullets knocked the soldier to the ground<br />

But his promise he must keep, and he staggered to his feet<br />

Ran toward the four machine guns that pinned the soldiers down<br />

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Private Wilson White, America is proud tonight<br />

Proud to claim you for their hero, Private White<br />

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Bullets flyin' everywhere, smoke and gunfire filled the air<br />

Onward ran the wounded soldier to keep the vow he made<br />

Nearly dead, but deep within, was the strength to pull the pin<br />

As he yelled, I died for freedom, he threw the hand grenade<br />

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Private Wilson White, America is proud tonight<br />

Proud to claim you for their hero, Private White