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首1974年的《Billy Don't be a Hero》，在歌中，以士兵身著色服，看似是以美南北作歌曲背景，但美仍陷於越且已疲累不堪 ( 越於1975年束 )，故此曲也成了著名的反歌曲。

歌曲述一位男子Billy要出征，他的未婚妻流著叮他：要他不要逞英雄，不要拿自己的性命玩笑，要保持伏低，要回娶她作妻子。事激烈陷入苦，士官要大家持死守，徵求志者突去援，Billy毫不豫的手，未婚妻之前叮的完全後。最後是未婚妻收到了一封Billy亡的通知信，Billy曾是位英雄，他感到傲。而刺的是→未婚妻信柔成一了。

此曲是由英Paper Lace於1974率先行，得英排行榜的冠。原以在美市亦大有可，想到才月，美Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods亦推出其版本，不得了告示牌排行榜的冠，唱片的售量也超了350。原唱Paper Lace只得到美排行榜的第96名。







The marchin' band came down along main street
The soldier blues fell in behind
I looked across and there I saw Billy
Waiting to go and join the line
And with her head upon his shoulder
His young and lovely fiancee
From where I stood I saw she was cryin'
And through her tears I heard her say

Billy, don't be a hero, don't be a fool with your life
Billy, don't be a hero, come back and make me your wife
And as he started to go,
She said Billy keep your head low
Billy, don't be hero, come back to me.

The soldier blues were trapped on a hillside
The battle raging all around
The sergeant cried, We've got to hang on boys! "
We've got to hold this piece of ground
I need a volunteer to ride up,
And bring us back some extra men,
And Billy's hand was up in a moment
Forgettin' all the words she said

She said
Billy, don't be a hero, don't be a fool with your life
Billy, don't be a hero, come back and make me your wife
And as he started to go,
She said Billy keep your head low
Billy, don't be a hero, come back to me.

I heard his fiancee got a letter
That told how Billy died that day
The letter said that he was a hero
She should be proud he died that way
I heard she threw that letter away......

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