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some one needs to tell the kerry campaign to use this song..it is absolutely perfect for the situation in iraq...for the luv o god call pete seeger...if there ever was a "damn fool" saying press on, it's gw bush
Waist Deep In The Big Muddy (Pete Seeger)
It was back in 1942, I was part of a good platoon We were on manoeuvres in Louisiana one night by the light of the moon The Captain said, We got to ford the river, that's where it all began We were knee deep in the Big Muddy And the damn fool kept yelling to push on
The Sergeant said, Sir, are you sure this is the way back to base Sergeant, I once crossed this river not a mile above this place
It'll be a little soggy but we'll keep on slogging, we'll soon be on dry ground. We were waist deep in the Big Muddy And the damn fool kept yelling to push on
Captain, sir, with all this gear no man will be able to swim Sergeant, don't be a nervous nellie, the Captain said to him All we need is a little determination, follow me - I'll lead on We were neck deep in the Big Muddy And the damn fool kept yelling to push on
All of a sudden the moon clouded over, all we heard was a gurgling cry And a second later the Captain's helmet was all that floated by The Sergeant said, Turn round, men, I'm in charge from now And we just made it out of the Big Muddy With the Captain dead and gone
We stripped and dived and found his body stuck in the old quicksand I guess he didn't know the water was deeper than the place where he'd once been For another stream had joined the Muddy a half mile from where we'd gone We were lucky to get out of the Big Muddy When the damn fool kept yelling to push on
I don't want to draw conclusions, I'll leave that to yourself Maybe you're still walking, maybe you're still talking But every time I hear the news that old feeling comes back on We're neck deep in the Big Muddy And the damn fools keep yelling to push on
Knee deep in the Big Muddy And the fools keep yelling, Push on Waist deep in the Big Muddy And the damn fools keep yelling, Push on Waist deep, neck deep We'll be drowning before too long We're neck deep in the Big Muddy And the damn fools keep yelling to push on
(as sung by Dick Gaughan
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