Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Jedidiah 1777 , by - Eliza Gilkyson. Song from the album Your Town Tonight, in the genre Музыка мираRelease date: 16.07.2007
Record label: Red House
Song language: English
Jedidiah 1777 |
| Jedidiah out in the snow |
| Walkin' the frozen trenchlines |
| Wet boots and his wool coat comin' apart at the seams |
| Rations of hard-baked dough |
| Handfuls of melting snow |
| What else can a man live on but his dreams? |
| Not twenty miles away |
| In the mansions of Philadelphia |
| Loyalists lay their money down on the king |
| We’ve provision enough for the day |
| But if victory were just for the wealthy |
| Our noble cause wouldn’t be worth the hardship we’re suffering |
| Send the cloth for a good waistcoat |
| I dream of your hearth and the fields of oat |
| I awake to the drum and the trembling note of the fifer |
| May it please God in His great mercy |
| To shelter our friends and our family |
| I remain your son most faithfully, Jedidiah |
| I have seen a man, who has seen a man |
| Who has heard the king |
| Tell of his intention our independence to declare |
| The peace will undoubtedly bring |
| A great revolution in commerce |
| May it be our rightful fortune to come in for a share |