The Boston States

When I was just a boy
 I knew this little girl a pretty little thing named Josephine
 Her tiny little lust in our tiny little world
 I was willing she was pretty long and lean
 We first made love in the summer, her daddy found out that fall
 He beat her with his fists upon the lips that I just kissed
 And shipped her off down to the Boston States
 Oh, he shipped her off down to the Boston States
 When I turned 17 I joined the King's Marine
 And took my place among the world of men
 Two years since I'd seen, my pretty Josephine
 I wondered if I'd see her face again
 Then the news came of rebellion, down New England way
 We sailed in the spring in the Name of the King
 They shipped me off down to the Boston States
 Oh, they shipped me off down to the Boston States
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 We marched to Concorde Town to unleash hell and fury
 To teach the rebel scum the art of war
 They beat us back they shot me down
 They dragged my ass on into town with a dead man that I'd ran through before
 In a solitary act of retribution, they threw me at his widows feet
 I raised my eyes to see my pretty Josephine
 A twist of fate down in the Boston States
 Oh, a twist of fate down in the Boston States
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 The well inside my heart is dry and reminiscing fool am I, holdin' on to memories of old
 A potent brew of love and guilt
 Plant a seed and blood first spilt a strappin man that surely was my own
 She bid me well and begged I'd take the boy back home to Port Shoreham with me
 She gave to me the sweetest kiss and then she slit her wrists
 And died for nothing down in the Boston States
 Oh, died for nothing down in the Boston States
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 Josephine, if you could see our boy now, you'd be so proud, you'd be happy
 I did my best to raise him, on my own, in your memory
 He asks about you from time to time, I never know what to say
 So on this lonesome night I told him that you died
 A hero down in the Boston states
 Oh, died a hero down in the Boston states