IN THE HILLS OF SHILOH 
(Shel Silverstein)

Bobby Bare - 1973



You know, ev'rything that's ever been written about the Civil War, they wrote about brother fightin' brother and father fightin' son, and nobody has ever really written a song about the ones that stayed behind, you know, like the women that lost their men. That's what this is about.......... 

Have you seen Amanda Blaine
In the Hills of Shiloh
Wanderin' through the mornin' rain
In the Hills of Shiloh
Have you seen her at her door
Listenin' for the cannon roar
And a man who went to war
>From the Hills of Shiloh

Have you heard her mournful cries
In the Hills of Shiloh
Have you seen her haunted eyes
In the Hills of Shiloh
Have you seen her runnin' down
Searchin' through the sleepy town
In her yellowed wedding gown
In the Hills of Shiloh

Have you seen her standin' there
In the Hills of Shiloh
Wind a blowin' through her hair
In the Hills of Shiloh
Listenin' for the sound of guns
Listenin' for the rollin' drums
And a man who never comes
To the Hills of Shiloh

Have you heard Amanda sing
In the Hills of Shiloh
Whisperin' to her wedding ring
In the Hills of Shiloh
Hear her hummin' soft and low
Poor Amanda doesn't know
Twas ended forty years ago
In the Hills of Shiloh



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - January 2011)