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COATS OF BLUE AND GREY
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A little ditty about sibling rivalry
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Tim Wheeler
Born in Detroit, Tim started writing when he was 15. He played in bands growing up and moved to Dallas in the early 80âs to start a recording studio with a buddy from college. There he developed his engineering skills and continued to hone his songwriting abilities. He married, and in the late 80âs moved his family back home to the Motor City. Tim now lives with his wife in Northwest Ohio.
Song Info
Genre
Country • Bluegrass
Charts
Peak #91
Peak in subgenre #7
Author
Tim Wheeler
Rights
2006 ASCAP
Uploaded
August 19, 2006
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MP3 2.5 MB • 128 kbps • 2:46
Story behind the song
A little ditty about sibling rivalry
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COATS OF BLUE & GREY © 2006 ENDA CULLEN AND TIM WHEELER VERSE 1 JOSIAH’S COAT WAS GREY JEDIDIAH’S COAT WAS BLUE ‘BROKE THEIR MOMMA’S HEART TO HAVE HER FAMILY TORN IN TWO ONE MARCHED WITH THE UNION BENEATH THE STARS ‘N STRIPES ONE RODE FOR THE STARS ‘N BARS AND “SOUTHERN” WAY OF LIFE VERSE 2 JEDIDIAH’S COAT WAS BLUE JOSIAH’S COAT WAS GREY THEY WOULD NE’RE SEE EYE TO EYE SINCE BABES IT WAS THEIR WAY ONE VOLUNTEERED FOR LINCOLN TO STEM THE GREAT DIVIDE ONE FOUGHT FOR THE FOLKS AT HOME AND ALL HE KNEW WAS RIGHT BRIDGE(PART 1) ON THE FIELD AT FREDERICKSBURG THE NORTH BORE SOUTHERN WRATH REB CANNON ROARED ‘N MUSKETS POURED HOT-LEAD INTO THEIR PATH JACKSON DREW HIS SABRE AND RAISED THE “REBEL YELL” THE YANKS CAME ON LIKE DEMONS SCREAMIN’ THROUGH THE GATES OF HELL BRIDGE (PART 2) TIME AND TIME AGAIN O’ER THE FALLEN / MEN WOULD CLIMB MORE THAN ONCE THEY MADE IT WITHIN INCHES OF THE LINE SMOKE BLEW ROUND ABOUT ‘EM, FRIEND FROM FOE WAS HARD TO TELL THE BROTHERS SAW EACH OTHER’S FACE IN A FLASH / BEFORE ONE FELL VERSE 3 (SLOWER) JEDIDIAH’S COAT WAS BLUE JOSIAH’S COAT WAS GREY ‘BROKE THEIR MOMMA’S HEART TO HAVE HER FAMILY SWEPT AWAY HER YOUNGER BOY WAS KILLED HER OLDER BOY HAD LIVED BUT SHOOTIN’ DEAD A BROTHER IS A SIN SHE CAN’T FORGIVE
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