My Father's Gun

From this day on I own my father's gun

We dug his shallow grave beneath the sun

I laid his broken body down below the Southern land

It wouldn't do to bury him where any Yankee stands

I'll take my horse and I'll ride the northern plain

To wear the colour of the greys and join the fight again

I'll not rest until I know the cause is fought and won

From this day on until I die, I'll wear my father's gun

I'd like to know where the riverboat sails tonight

To New Orleans, well, that's just fine, alright

'Cause there's fighting there and the company needs men

So slip us a rope and sail on 'round the bend

As soon as this is over, we'll go home

To plant the seeds of justice in our bones

To watch the children growing

And see the women sowing

There'll be laughter when the bells of freedom ring

I'd like to know where the riverboat sails tonight

To New Orleans, well, that's just fine, alright

'Cause there's fighting there and the company needs men

All I said, all I said, slip us a rope

And sail on 'round the bend

I'd like to know where the riverboat sails tonight

To New Orleans, well, that's just fine, alright

'Cause there's fighting there and the company needs men

All I said, all I said, slip us a rope

And sail on 'round the bend

I'd like to know where the riverboat, the riverboat sails tonight

To New Orleans, well, that's just fine, alright

'Cause there's fighting there and the company needs men

All I said, all I said, slip us a rope

And sail on 'round the bend

I'd like to know where the riverboat, riverboat, riverboat sails tonight

To New Orleans, well, that's just fine, that's just fine, alright

'Cause there's fighting there and the company needs men

All I said, slip us a rope

And sail on 'round the bend

I'd like to know where the riverboat sails tonight

To New Orleans, well, that's just fine, that's just fine, alright

'Cause there's fighting there and the company needs men

All I said, all I said, slip us a rope

And sail on 'round the bend

Riverboat sails tonight

That's just fine, alright

Ah, ah, ah, ah

Oh, slip us a rope

Sail on 'round, sail on 'round, sail on 'round, sail on 'round

Sail on 'round the bend

Riverboat sails tonight