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Charlie Boy​The Lumineers

Released: April 3, 2012

Songwriter: Jeremiah Fraites Wesley Schultz

Producer: Ryan Hadlock

[Verse 1]
Charlie boy, don’t go to war
First born in forty four
Kennedy made him believe we could do much more

[Verse 2]
Lillian, don’t hang your head, love should make you feel good
In uniform, you raised a man, who volunteered to stand

[Chorus]
Play the bugle, play the taps
Make your mothers proud
Raise your rifles to the sky, boys
Fire that volley loud

[Verse 3]
News was bad on Upland Ave, Metuchen mourn our loss
Sons rebelled, while fathers yelled and mothers clutched the cross

[Chorus]
Play the bugle, play the taps
Make your fathers proud
Raise your rifles to the sky, boys
Fire that volley loud

​The Lumineers

The Lumineers is a band from New Jersey and formed in 2002. The original members consisted of Wesley Schultz and Jeremiah Fraites.

In 2009, the duo moved to Colorado to be able to concentrate on their music. After the addition of Neyla Pekarek on cello and vocals, the band released their first album—written by Schultz and Fraites—in 2012. Their first single, “Ho Hey,” quickly climbed to Number 1.

In 2016 they released their sophomore album, Cleopatra.

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