Passin' through passin' through

Sometimes happy sometimes blue that's where I ran into you

Tell the people that you saw me passin' through

[ flute ]

I shivered next to Washington one night at Valley Port

Fightin' men suffer like they do

Men will suffer men will fight even die for what is right

Even though they know they're only passin' through

Passin' through passin' through...

[ banjo ]

At the town of New Orleans the biggest fight I ever seen

Ol' Hickory how you fight the way you do

Had not the way you fight it's fightin' for the right

I've so little time and I'm just passin' through

Passin' through passin' through...

[ trumpet ]

I heard the ragin' cry remembered Alamo Santa Anna you met your Waterloo

Now papa love not hate things to do it's gettin' late

I've so little time and I'm just passin' through

Passin' through passin' through...

Tell the people that you saw me passin' through

Tell the people that you saw me passin' through