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The Knot of Blue and Gray

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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · May 27, 1913

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 40, No. 21.

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The Knot of Blue and Gray

Author Unknown
Upon my bosom lies A knot of blue and gray; You ask me why? Tears fill my eyes As low to you I say:
I had two brothers once, Warm-hearted, bold, and gay; They left my side; one wore the blue. The other wore the gray.
One rode with Stonewall and his men, And joined his fate to Lee; The other followed Sherman's march Triumphant to the sea.
Both fought for what they deemed the right, And died with sword in hand; One sleeps beneath Virginia's hills, And one in Georgia's sands.
The same sun shines upon their graves; My love unchanged must stay; And so upon my bosom lies A knot of blue and gray.