Private Wilson White, America is proud Proud to claim you for their hero, Private
On a battlefield one day in a land so far Mid the rattle of machine guns in the dawn's golden light men lay close to death, nineteen of them held their breath While one volunteered to save them, to give his life
Private Wilson White, is proud tonight Proud to claim you for their hero, Private
lives he meant to save, not one backward glance he gave As he yelled, for God and country, through an field he ran But the enemy had seen and they understood his And the fire from their machine knocked the rifle from his hands
Wilson White, America is proud tonight Proud to claim you for their hero, White
Seven bullets found their mark, bullets near the heart And the force of seven bullets knocked the to the ground But his he must keep, and he staggered to his feet Ran toward the four machine guns that pinned the soldiers
Private Wilson White, America is tonight Proud to you for their hero, Private White
Bullets flyin' everywhere, smoke and filled the air Onward ran the soldier to keep the vow he made Nearly dead, but within, was the strength to pull the pin As he yelled, I died for freedom, he threw the grenade
Private Wilson White, America is proud Proud to claim you for their hero, White