Soldier’s Joy

Lyrics

[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