Discover the story of the song > Company of Cowards – The New Christy Minstrels

The protagonist saw a group of cowards running away in funny-looking uniforms while walking down the road. They laughed at how shabby the uniforms were and thought that the cowards would have been better off on the other side of a war. The cowards were supposed to be in battle but instead ran away, which made the protagonist think of other historical figures who would have been ashamed to see them.