Soldier’s Joy

[Verse 1]
Some Continental soldiers on a bivouac
Were playin' stud poker in a mountain shack
But every vigilante threw down his hands
When the captain of the guard gave the sharp command

[Chorus]
Oh Jimmy get your fiddle out and rosin up your bow
Johnny turn your banjo 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 dancin' tonight
The god darn redcoats are holdin' 'em tight
When we get there, we'll show 'em how
But that ain't a-doin' us no good now

[Chorus]
Oh Jimmy get your fiddle out and rosin up your bow
Johnny turn your banjo 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 beggin' to fight
We're gonna cross the Delaware River tonight

[Chorus]
Oh Jimmy get your fiddle out and rosin up your bow
Johnny turn your banjo 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]
Oh we're goin' in the wilderness
Got his army in an awful mess
The farmers got mad at the British and the Huns
And they captured ten thousand of the son-of-a-guns

[Chorus]
Oh Jimmy get your fiddle out and rosin up your bow
Johnny turn your banjo 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]
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"

[Chorus]
Oh Jimmy get your fiddle out and rosin up your bow
Johnny turn your banjo 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