| From this day on
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| I own my father’s gun
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| We dug a shallow grave
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| Beneath the sun
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| We laid his broken body down
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| Below the southern land
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| It’d never do to bury him
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| Where any Yankee stands
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| I take my horse
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| I ride the Northern plain
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| And wear the color of the free
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| And join the fight again
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| I will not rest until I know
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| The cause is fought and won
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| From this day on until I die
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| I’ll wear my father’s gun
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| I’d like to know where
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| The riverboats sail tonight, yeah, yeah
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| To New Orleans, hey
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| That’s just fine, alright
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| I hear they’re fighting there
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| And the company needs men
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| And oh up there? |
| slip us a rope
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| And sail around the bend (yeah, yeah, yeah)
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| As soon as this is over
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| We’ll all go home
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| And plant the seeds of justice
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| In our bones
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| And let the children growin' and playin'
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| And all the women stayed in hope
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| Laughing when the bells of freedom ring
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| And they’re gonna ring
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| I’d like to know where
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| The riverboats sail tonight, yeah, yeah
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| To New Orleans, hey
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| That’s just fine, alright
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| I hear they’re fighting there
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| And the company needs men
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| And oh ooh, slip us a rope
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| And sail around the bend
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| I’d like to know where
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| The riverboats sails tonight, yeah, huh
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| To New Orleans
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| That’s just fine, alright
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| You know we’re fighting there
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| And the company needs everybody
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| And oh I say I say slip us a rope
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| Sail around the bend
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| Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
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| Sail around the bend
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| To somewhere new
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| I won’t stop until I know
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| We’re gonna win
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| We’re gonna win
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| Ooh… |