Soldiers's Joy

Some tough little soldier's on a bivouac Were playin' stud poker in a mountain shack But every man put down his hands When the Captain of the guard gave a sharp command [CHORUS] Oh Jimmy get your fiddle out, rosin' up your bow Johnny turn your back, we're gonna have a show Billy pass the broom around the court room floor We're gonna have a tune called Soldier's Joy (Interlude) The girls in Boston are dancin' tonight The dall-gurn redcoats are holdin' 'em tight When we get there, we'll show 'em how But that ain't a doin' us no good now [Repeat CHORUS] There go General Washington, He's got his horse in (sweeping run) The barefoot boys are beggin' to fight We're gonna cross the Delaware River tonight [Repeat CHORUS] Oh we're goin' in the wilderness Got his army in an awful mess Farmers got mad at the British in the hunt They got ten thousand of the Son-of-a-guns [Repeat CHORUS] John Paul Jones in an old tin can Scoured the ocean like a fightin' man The British said Paul are you ready to strike And Paul said I'm just beginning to fight [Repeat CHORUS]