some continental soldiers on a bivouac
were playin’ stud poker in a mountain shack
but every vigilantethrewdown his hands
whenthe captain of the guard gavethe sharp command
oh jimmy get your fiddle out and rosin up your bow
johnny turn your banjo up we’re gonna have a show
billy pass the jug around to corporal mccoy
we’re gonna have a tune called soldier’s joy
the girls in boston are dancin’ tonight
the god darn redcoats are holdin’ ’em tight
when we get there we’ll show ’em how
but that ain’t adoin’ us no good now
oh jimmy get your fiddle out and rosin up your bow
johnny turn your banjo up we’re gonna have a show
billy pass the jug around to corporal mccoy
we’re gonna have a tune called soldier’s joy
there goes general washington
he’s got his horse in a sweeping run
the barefoot boys are beggin’ to fight
we’re gonna cross the delaware river tonight
oh jimmy get your fiddle out and rosin up your bow
johnny turn your banjo up we’re gonna have a show
billy pass the jug around to corporal mccoy
we’re gonna have a tune called soldier’s joy
4
oh we’re goin’ in the wilderness
got his army in an awful mess
the farmers got mad at the british and the huns
and they captured ten thousand of the sonofaguns
oh jimmy get your fiddle out and rosin up your bow
johnny turn your banjo up we’re gonna have a show
billy pass the jug around to corporal mccoy
we’re gonna have a tune called soldier’s joy
5
john paul jones in an old tin can
scoured the ocean like a fightin’ man
the british said paul are you ready to strike
and paul said i’m just beginning to fight
oh jimmy get your fiddle out and rosin up your bow
johnny turn your banjo up we’re gonna have a show
billy pass the jug around to corporal mccoy
we’re gonna have a tune called soldier’s joy
Artist: Hawkshaw Hawkins
Year: 1959
Decade: 50s
Language: en
Word Count: 212