In the draft of nineteen seventeen
a man from Tennessee
Overseas to the
trenches he went
from the land of the free
Into war he brought
two things along
a rifle and his faith
Joined the ranks as a private
assigned to three hundred thirty eighth
There on that day
Alvin York entered the fray
saving the day
Eighty-second all the way
Into the fires of hell
the Argonne a hero to be
entered the war
from over the sea
Intervene nineteen eighteen
all the way from Tennessee
Hill two hundred twenty-three
When his faith has been
put to the test
the call to arms he heeds
On the eighth of
October he went
made a sergeant
for his deeds
Fearless leading the
raid of the war
machine gun on the hill
Charge the enemy
taking the prisoners
by power of his will
There on that day
Sergeant York entered the fray
saving the day
Eighty-second all the way
Into the fires of hell
the Argonne a hero to be
entered the war
from over the sea
Intervene nineteen eighteen
all the way from Tennessee
Hill two hundred twenty-three
What Sergeant York
achieved that day
would echo to the USA
It's Eighty-second all the way
Death from above
what they now say
What Sergeant York
achieved that day
echoes from France
to the USA
It's Eighty-second all the way
Death from above
what they now say
Into the fires of hell
the Argonne a hero to be
entered the war
from over the sea
Intervene nineteen eighteen
all the way from Tennessee
Hill two hundred twenty-
Hell the Argonne a hero to be
entered the war
from over the sea
Intervene nineteen eighteen
all the way from Tennessee
Hill two hundred twenty-three