TEN THOUSAND DRUMS

(Mel Tillis - Carl Smith)

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Waitin' waitin' for the redcoats to come

But all I hear in my frozen ears is ten thousand drums

Ten thousand drums

Johnny Johnny don't be afraid

We can whip those redcoats settin' in the shade

Settin' in the shade

We've got the best of all the rest of Genereal Washington

And when we meet those redcoats watch them redcoats run

Goin' down their drum goin' down their drum

Listen listen Johnny better get your gun

Cause there ain't puttin' soldiers behind ten thousand drums

Behind ten thousand drums

Runnin' runnin' Johnny watch them run

We finally whip those redcoats finally stop those drums

We stop ten thousand drums

We're the best of all the rest such Yankee son of a gun

We can tell our mommies how we made them run goin' down thir drum

Goin' down their drum goin' down their drum

Ten thousand drums ten thousand drums