“The Drummer Boy of Shiloh,” written in 1862, was one of more than 300 songs published by Will S. Hays.
THE DRUMMER BOY.
BY WILL. S. HAYS.
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INTRODUCTION. Andante. Moderato.
On Shiloh’s dark and bloody ground
The dead and wounded lay;
Amongst them was a drummer boy,
Who beat the drum that day.
A wounded soldier held him up