The Red and the Black

Minutemen * Track #7 On 3-Way Tie (For Last)

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Album 3-Way Tie (For Last)

ALBUM

Minutemen

1985

The Red and the Black by Minutemen

Performed by

Minutemen

Produced by

Mike Watt & D. Boon & Ethan James

Writed by

Eric Bloom & Joe Bouchard & Sandy Pearlman

About

According to many Mike Watt interviews, “The Red And The Black” was the first song he and D. Boon learned to play together. The Minutemen had already been covering it on occasion during their live shows (an earlier live version is heard on the Tour-Spiel 7" EP). After the Minutemen’s untimely demise...

The Red and the Black Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Canadian mounted, baby
A police force that works
Red and black is their color scheme
Get their man in the end

[Chorus]
It's all right, it's all right
It's all right, it's all right
You kill, you maim
You kill, you maim

[Verse 2]
Frontenac Chateau, baby
I cross the frontier at ten
Got a whip in my hand, baby
And a girl or a Husky at leather's end

[Chorus]
It's all right, it's all right
It's all right, it's all right
You kill, you maim
You kill, you maim

[Bridge]
Hornswoop me bungo pony, dogsled on ice
Make a dash for freedom, baby, don't skate on thin ice
It's too thick to be sliced by the light
Of long, white polar nights

[Chorus]
It's all right, it's all right
It's all right, it's all right
You kill, you maim
You kill, you maim

The Red and the Black Q&A

Who wrote The Red and the Black's ?

The Red and the Black was written by Eric Bloom & Joe Bouchard & Sandy Pearlman.