Lyrics
Drum and fife has raised my ebeneezer, lord how they will skedaddle, brave comrades don t you think so
Lord how they will skedaddle, nor have i smelt gunpowder, lord how they will skedaddle
it s no time to dodge the act
But then the way i ll pepper them will be a sin to chowder, it s no time to dodge the act, oh gallant soldiers beat them back
Hold your head up shanghai shanks, hold your head up shanghai shanks
Maybe the yankees are hard by with muskets ready loaded, hold your head up shanghai shanks Tennessee, the sound of bugle
perhaps be color bearer
It s no time to dodge the act, lord how they will skedaddle, a sergeant s stripes i now will sport
i ll then begin to wear the stars and then the wreathes of glory
It s no time to dodge the act, it s no time to dodge the act, it s no time to dodge the act
But i ve a chill from head to foot and symptoms of the colic, he put a musket in my hands and showed me how to fire it Ernie, but then the way i ll pepper them will be a sin to chowder
don t shake your knees and blink so
And now i m used to homely fare, and then a captain
Hold your head up shanghai shanks, i was a plow boy in the field
Oh gallant soldiers beat them back, i marched and counter marched all day
a gas pipe has exploded
perhaps be color bearer
don t shake your knees and blink so
I m full of fight, our congress will pass votes of thanks to him who rose from zero
hold your head up shanghai shanks
i do guard duty cheerfully in every kind of weather
Hurrah behold the hero, it s no time to dodge the act, don t shake your knees and blink so
The people in a mass will shout, he put a musket in my hands and showed me how to fire it
Hurrah behold the hero, brave comrades don t you think so
odd shots and shell and leap into the saddle
But then the way i ll pepper them will be a sin to chowder, perhaps be color bearer
I m full of fight, but then the way i ll pepper them will be a sin to chowder Ford, don t shake your knees and blink so
