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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
R.E.M.
R.E.M.
Performer
Don Gehman
Don Gehman
Recorder
Greg Edward
Greg Edward
Recorder
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Peter Buck
Peter Buck
Composer
Bill Berry
Bill Berry
Composer
Michael Stipe
Michael Stipe
Composer
Mike Mills
Mike Mills
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Don Gehman
Don Gehman
Producer
Greg Edward
Greg Edward
Mixing Engineer
Robert Vosgien
Robert Vosgien
Mastering Engineer
Ross Hogarth
Ross Hogarth
Additional Engineer
Rick Fetig
Rick Fetig
Assistant Recording Engineer
Jim Dineen
Jim Dineen
Assistant Engineer
Bob Ludwig
Bob Ludwig
Mastering Engineer
Stan Katayama
Stan Katayama
Assistant Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Swan, swan, hummingbird, hurrah
We are all free now
What noisy cats are we?
Girl and dog, he bore his cross
[Verse 2]
Swan, swan, hummingbird, hurrah
We are all free now
A long, low time ago
People talk to me
[Verse 3]
Johnny Reb, what's the price of fans
Forty a piece or three for one dollar
Hey, captain, don't you wanna buy
Some bone chains and toothpicks
Night wings or hair chains
Here's your wooden greenback, sing
Wooden beams and dovetail sweep
I struck that picture ninety times
I walked that path a hundred ninety
Long, low time ago, people talk to me
[Verse 4]
A pistol hot, cup of rhyme
The whiskey is water, the water is wine
Marching feet, Johnny Reb
What's the price of heroes?
[Verse 5]
Six of one, half dozen the other
Tell that to the captain's mother
Hey, captain, don't you wanna buy
Some bone chains and toothpicks
Night wings or hair chains
[Verse 6]
Swan, swan, hummingbird, hurrah
We're all free now
What noisy cats are we?
[Verse 7]
Long, low time ago, people talk to me
A pistol hot, cup of rhyme
The whiskey is water, the water is wine
Written by: John Michael Stipe, Michael Edward Mills, Peter Lawrence Buck, William Thomas Berry

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