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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Richie Havens
Richie Havens
Vocals
Paul Harris
Paul Harris
Keyboards
Harvey Brooks
Harvey Brooks
Bass Guitar
Bill Lavorgna
Bill Lavorgna
Drums
Howard Collins
Howard Collins
Guitar
Paul Williams
Paul Williams
Guitar
Joe Price
Joe Price
Tabla
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Richie Havens
Richie Havens
Composer
Lou Gossett
Lou Gossett
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
John Court
John Court
Producer

Lyrics

Hey, look yonder
Tell me what's that you see
Marching to the fields of Concord?
Looks like Handsome Johnny
With a musket in his hand
Marching to the Concord War
Hey, marching to the Concord War
Hey, look yonder
Tell me what's that you see
Marching to the fields of Gettysburg?
Looks like Handsome Johnny
With a flintlock in his hand
Marching to the Gettysburg War
Hey, marching to the Gettysburg War
And it's a long hard road
It's a long hard road
It's a long hard road
Hey, before we'll be free
Hey, look yonder
Tell me what you see
Marching to the fields of Dunkirk?
Looks like Handsome Johnny
With a carbine in his hand
Marching to the Dunkirk War
Hey, marching to the Dunkirk War
Hey, look yonder
Tell me what you see
Marching to the fields of Korea?
Looks like Handsome Johnny
With an M1 in his hand
Marching to the Korean War
Hey, marching to the Korean War
Hey, it's a long hard road
It's a long hard road
It's a long hard road
Hey, before we'll be free
Hey, before we'll be free
Hey, look yonder
Tell me what you see
Marching to the fields of Vietnam?
Looks like Handsome Johnny with an M15
Marching to the Vietnam War
Hey, marching to the Vietnam War
Hmm
Hey, look yonder
Tell me what you see
Marching to the fields of Birmingham?
Looks like Handsome Johnny
With his hand rolled in a fist
Marching to the Birmingham War
Hey, marching to the Birmingham War
Hey, what's the use of singing this song
Some of you are not even listening
Tell me what it is we've got to do
Wait for our fields to start glistening
Hey, wait for the bullets to start whistling
Hey, here comes a hydrogen bomb
And here comes a guided missile
Here comes a hydrogen bomb
I can almost hear its whistle
I can almost hear its whistle
Hey, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Written by: Louis Gossett Jr., Richie Havens

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