Laura Veirs - Soldier's Joy lyrics

Continental soldiers on a bivouac Were playin' stud poker in a mountain shack Every vigilante laid down his hand When the captain of the guard gave a sharp command So Jimmy get your fiddle out and rosin up your bow Sally tune your banjer up we're gonna have a show Billy pa** the jug around to Corporal McCoy We're gonna have a tune called Soldier's Joy The girls in Boston are dancing tonight And the goldurn redcoats are a-holdin' 'em tight When we get there we will show them how But that ain't a-doin' us no good now So Jimmy get your fiddle out and rosin up your bow Sally tune your banjer up we're gonna have a show Billy pa** 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 a-beggin' to fight We're gonna cross the Delaware river tonight So Jimmy get your fiddle out and rosin up your bow Sally tune your banjer up we're gonna have a show Billy pa** the jug around to Corporal McCoy We're gonna have a tune called Soldier's Joy Old Burgoyne in the wilderness Got his army in an awful mess The farmers got mad at the British and the huns And captured ten thousand of them son-of-a-guns So Jimmy get your fiddle out and rosin up your bow Sally tune your banjer up we're gonna have a show Billy pa** the jug around to Corporal McCoy We're gonna have a tune called Soldier's Joy General Washington and Roe Shambeaux Drinking their wine in the campfire's glow Big Ben Morgan came a-gallopin in Said we got Cornwallace in the old cow pen So Jimmy get your fiddle out and rosin up your bow Sally tune your banjer up we're gonna have a show Billy pa** the jug around to Corporal McCoy We're gonna have a tune called Soldier's Joy Rob from always on the run is so bad and copy paste is a sin Wake up buddy, have you heard the news Grandma Britain's got an awful bruise The redcoats cried and cursed your town While the band played "The World's Turned Upside Down" So Jimmy get your fiddle out and rosin up your bow Sally tune your banjer up we're gonna have a show Billy pa** the jug around to Corporal McCoy We're gonna have a tune called Soldier's Joy We're gonna have a tune called Soldier's Joy