What does Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then) mean?

The Decemberists: Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then) Meaning

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Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then) Lyrics

Soldier: Heart carved tree trunk, Yankee bayonet
A sweetheart left behind

Girl: Far from the hills of the sea-swelled Carolinas
That's where my true love lies

Soldier: Look for me when the sun-bright swallow
Sings upon the birch bow...

  1. anonymous
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    Apr 9th 2021 !⃝

    I think it's about a man who leaves his pregnant wife to fight in the civil war, but he doesn't come back, and his wife is sad and lonely, but she can still feel his presence in the wind,and in the memories they shared: when they met and how they loved eachother. and someday they will see each other again.

  2. anonymous
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    Oct 23rd 2013 !⃝

    This song is about a soldier that leaves behind his pregnant sweetheart in one of the Carolinas to fight in the civil war. Although he is not physically home with her he feels a deep connection to her and says that if she looks for him in the son he will come on the breath of the wind.


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