My Father's Gun

All are there, all I said
Ohh, slip us a rope
'Cause there's fightin' there and the company needs men
To New Orleans well that's just fine alright
Slip us a rope and sail on round the bend
So slip us a rope and sail on round the bend
All are there
Slip us a rope and sail on round the bend
(Aaa aaa aaa)
And I'll rest until I know the cause is fought and won

I'd like to know where the riverboat, riverboat, riverboat sails tonight
Slip us a rope and sail on round the bend
The riverboat sails tonight
'Cause there's fightin' there and the company needs men
'Cause there's fightin' there and the company needs men

To New Orleans well that's just fine alright
(Aaa aaa aaa)

I'd like to know where the riverboat sails tonight
All are there
From this day on until I die I'll wear my father's gun
'Cause there's fightin' there and the company needs men
(Aaa aaa aaa)
All are there, all are there
(Aaa aaa aaa)
(Sail)
There'll be laughter when the bells of freedom ring
(Aaa aaa aaa)
'Cause there's fightin' there and the company needs men
Sail on round, sail on round, sail on round, sail on round
Oh ho, I'd like to know where the riverboat, riverboat sails tonight
I'd like to know where the riverboat sails tonight

(Sails tonight)
I'll take my horse and I'll ride the Northern plain

(Aaa aaa aaa)
To plant the seeds of justice in our bones
Slip us a rope and sail on round the bend
(Aaa aaa aaa)
To New Orleans well that's just fine alright

All are there, all I said
Sail on round the bend
(Aaa aaa aaa)
I'd like to know where the riverboat sails tonight
So slip us a rope and sail on round the bend
(Aaa aaa aaa)
To New Orleans well that's just fine, that's just fine alright
(Aaa aaa aaa)
I'd like to know where the riverboat sails tonight
To watch the children growin' and see the women sewin'
(Aaa aaa aaa)

To New Orleans well that's just fine, that's just fine alright
I laid his broken body down below the southern land
To wear the colour of the greys and join the fight again
It wouldn't do to bury him where any Yankee stands
That's just fine alright

All are there, all I said
The riverboat sails tonight
(Aaa aaa aaa)
To New Orleans well that's just fine alright
'Cause there's fightin' there and the company needs men
As soon as this is over we'll go home