Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Jedidiah 1777, artist - Eliza Gilkyson. Album song Your Town Tonight, in the genre Музыка мира
Date of issue: 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 |