Billy Green
Stan Rogers
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G [Verse 1]Am Attend you all good countrymen, myD G name is Billy Green And I will tell of things I did whenAm D I was just nineteenG I helped defeat the Yank invader,Am D there can be no doubtAm Yet lately men forget the name ofC D G Billy Green, the Scout. [Verse 2]Am ‘Twas on a Sunday morn’ in JuneD G when first we heard the sound Three thousand Yankees on the roadAm D to camp below GreentownG Am Two Generals, Artillery andD Company of horseAm C With many rank and file afoot,D G they were a mighty force. [Verse 3]Am Says I to brother Levi, “Well, weD G still can have some fun! We'll creep and whoop like IndiansAm D to try to make them run!”G Which then we did both loud andAm D long, much to the Yanks’ dismayAm They fired their pop-gun musketsC D G once and then they ran away! [Verse 4]Am Well, first they plundered StoneyD G Creek and then John Gage’s farm They cut his fences for their firesAm D although the day was warmG They bound my brother Isaac up andAm D took him from his home;Continúa después del anuncioAm They pillaged all the countryside,C D G no mercy there was shown. [Verse 5]Am Then says I to myself, “Now Billy,D G this will never do Those scurvy Yanks are not the matchAm D for Loyalists like you”G My brother's horse I quickly caughtAm D and put him to a runAm And reached the British camp uponC D G the heights of Burlington. [Verse 6]Am Says I to Colonel Harvey, “Now, letD G there be no delay If we're to reach the Yankee campAm D before the break of dayG I'll take you through the woods byAm D night where I know every treeAm And ere the dawn you surely canC D G surprise the enemy” [Verse 7]Am With men and guns we then set forthD G the enemy to seek Across the beach at Burlington andAm D then to Red Hill Creek;G We came upon their sentries; weAm D surprised them every oneAm C One died upon my sword, and allD G the others off they run [Verse 8]Am And so it was we were in place oneD G hour before dawn We fired three times upon the campAm D and then we marched alongG We fired again and charged asAm D Colonel Harvey gave the wordAm And put the enemy to fight withC D G bayonet and sword! [Verse 9]Am With great confusion in the camp,D G two Generals were caught The Colonel and his men made theirAm D artillery as naughtG We killed over two hundred and weAm D captured all the rest;Am Nor did we lose but eighty men; ofC D G them we had the best. [Verse 10]Am And so it was I played the manD G though I was but nineteen I led our forces through the nightAm D that this land would be freeG I foiled the Yank invaders and IAm D helped put them to routeAm So, let no man forget the name ofC D G Billy Green, the Scout! [Otro]Am D D Am G [Optional last note] single strumE|---x-------| B|---x-------| G|---x-------| D|---0-------| A|---0-------|e|---3-------|
