Soldier’s Joy
[Verse 1]
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
[Chorus]
So Jimmy get your fiddle out and rosin up your bow
Sally tune your banjer 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
[Verse 2]
The girls in Boston are dancing tonight
The goshdarn redcoats holdin' 'em tight
We get there we'll show them how
But that ain't doin' us no good now
[Chorus]
So Jimmy get your fiddle out and rosin up your bow
Sally tune your banjer 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
[Verse 3]
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
[Chorus]
So Jimmy get your fiddle out and rosin up your bow
Sally tune your banjer 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
[Verse 4]
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
[Chorus]
So Jimmy get your fiddle out and rosin up your bow
Sally tune your banjer 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
[Verse 5]
General Washington and Rochambeau
Drinking their wine in the campfire's glow
Big Ben Morgan came a-gallopin in
Said we got Cornwallis in the old cow pen
[Chorus]
So Jimmy get your fiddle out and rosin up your bow
Sally tune your banjer 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
[Verse 6]
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"
[Chorus]
So Jimmy get your fiddle out and rosin up your bow
Sally tune your banjer 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
[Outro]
We're gonna have a tune called Soldier's Joy