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