ANOTHER OLD SOLDIER by C&W singer Mark Collie written for his father
He was haggard and gray and he walked with a limp
He'd have him a smoke and he take him a sip
Born in the summer of 24
Son of the vetreran of the first world war
He entered the service in forty one
And didn't come home till the fighin' was done
Wearing a ilver star on his chest
He was proud to sat he was one of the best
Chorus
Twenty one guns the stars and stripes
An eye full of tears and a heart full of pride
When you hear that distant bugle play
Another old soldier fades away
Another old soldier fades away
He took a bullet in the hip outside Inchon
But he was back in the field by fifty one
Said Douglas MacArthur was a man among men
And Harry Truman was a horse's end
He never questioned his Uncle Sam
When they sent him into Vietnam
Then they brought him home in seventy three
On 100% disability
He loved his country with all his might
Right up until the day he died
In a crowded ward at the local VA
Another old soldier fades away
Chorus
Twenty one guns the stars and stripes
An eye full of tears asnd a heart full of pride
When you hear that distant bugle play
Another old soldier fades away
Another old soldier fades away