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lirik lagu civil war – dipper macdoodle

part i: enslavement (how long?)

[verse 1]
my father, how long
my father, how long
my father, how long
’til we done sufferin’ here?

[verse 2]
my mother, how long
oh, my mother, how long
my mother, how long
‘fore we done sufferin’ here?

[verse 3]
and it won’t be long
and it won’t be long
and it won’t be long
‘fore lord will call us home

[verse 4]
we’ll soon be free
we’ll soon be free
we’ll soon be free
when jesus sets me free
[verse 5]
we’ll fight for liberty
we’ll fight for liberty
we’ll fight for liberty
when the lord will call us home

part ii: underground railroad (follow the drinkin’ gourd)

[verse 6]
when the sun goes back and the first quail calls
follow the drinking gourd
the old man is a*waitin’ for to carry you to freedom
follow the drinking gourd

[chorus]
follow the drinking gourd, follow the drinking gourd
for the old man is a*waitin’ to carry you to freedom
follow the drinking gourd

[verse 7]
now the river bed makes a mighty fine road
dead trees to show you the way
and it’s left foot, peg foot, traveling on
follow the drinking gourd

[chorus]
follow the drinking gourd, follow the drinking gourd
for the old man is a*waitin’ to carry you to freedom
follow the drinking gourd
[verse 8]
the river ends between two hills
follow the drinking gourd
there’s another river on the other side
follow the drinking gourd

[chorus]
follow the drinking gourd, follow the drinking gourd
for the old man is a*waitin’ to carry you to freedom
follow the drinking, drinking gourd

lemme hear that guitar!

[guitar solo]

part iii: civil war (better times are coming)

[verse 9]
there are voices of hope that are borne on the air
and our land will be freed from its clouds of despair
for brave men and true men to battle have gone
and good times, good times are now coming on

[chorus]
hurrah, hurrah, hurrah
sound the news from the din of battle booming
tell the people far and wide that better times are coming
[verse 10]
abraham lincoln has the army and the navy in his hands
while seward keeps our honor bright abroad in foreign lands
and stanton is a man, who is st*rdy as a rock
with brave men to back him up and stand the battle’s shock

[chorus]
hurrah, hurrah, hurrah
sound the news from the din of battle booming
tell the people far and wide that better times are coming

[verse 11]
now mcclellan is a leader and we’ll let him take away
for a man in his position, he should surely have his way
our nation’s honor’d scott, he has trusted to his might
your faith in mcclellan put for we are sure he’s right

[chorus]
hurrah, hurrah, hurrah
sound the news from the din of battle booming
tell the people far and wide that better times are coming

[guitar solo]

[verse 12]
general lyon and baker and ellsworth now are gone
but still we have some brave men to lead the soldiers on
the noise of the battle will soon have died away
and the darkness now upon us will be turn’d to happy day

[chorus]
hurrah, hurrah, hurrah
sound the news from the din of battle booming
tell the people far and wide that better times are coming

[verse 13]
here’s health to captain ericsson, the monitor and crew
who showed the southern chivalry a thing they never knew
the merrimac had slayed as st. patrick did the toads
till worden with the monitor came into hampton roads

- dipper macdoodle

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