Story Behind The Song
A poster at the Graffiti House in VA. showed how the ladies of Cullpeper tended to the wounded during the Civil War. The song is based on that poster.
Song Description
A wounded Civil War soldier writes about how he is being taken care of. He writes of his routine and his desire to return home to loved ones ready to be the man of the house again even though he is missing an arm.
| Song Length |
3:40 |
Genre |
Folk - Traditional, Folk - Americana |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Gracious |
Subject |
Life, Healing |
| Similar Artists |
John Denver |
Language |
English |
| Era |
1800 - 1899 |
| |
Lyrics
This morning at six I will kneel for my prayers
If my good leg be willing and my spirit be strong
And write in my diary letters to home
And open the tent flap when the weather gets warm
While the ladies of Culpepper tend to my needs
Rich in their kindnesses, tender in deed
And I will grow strong again, learn how to walk again, plow with one arm
Even what's left of me still can be good on the farm.
At noontime the bandages newly are dressed
And then we play checkers before time for rest
And always for those in last moments of life,
they receive the last blessing for a child or a wife
While the ladies of Culpepper tend to my needs
Rich in their kindnesses, tender in deed
And I will grow strong again, learn how to walk again, plow with one arm
Even what's left of me still can be good on the farm.
If God decides He will answer my prayers
I'll leave Brandy Station with summer to spare
And leave only my thoughts etched on plaster with coal
To greet the new wounded as war takes its toll.
And the ladies of Culpepper will tend to their needs
Rich in their kindnesses, tender in deed
And they will grow strong again, learn how to walk again, plow with one arm
Even what's left of them can still be good on the farm.
For I have grown strong again, learned how to walk again, plow with one arm
I know what's left of me still will be good on the farm.