From this day on, I own my father's gun
He dug his shallow grave beneath the sun
I laid his broken body down below the southern land
It would undo to bury him where in a Yankee stance
I take my horse and I ride the northern plane
To wear the color of the grays and join the fight again
For I'll not rest until I know
The cause is four in one
From this day on until I die
I'll wear my father's gun
I'll have to know where the riverboat
Sails to the shore
Sails tonight
To New Orleans, well, that's just fine, all right
Cause there's fighting there and the company needs men
So slip us a rope and sail on round the bend
As soon as this is over
We'll go home
To plant the seeds of justice
In our bones
To watch the children growin'
And see the women sowin'
There'll be laughter
When the wind blows
While the bells
Of freedom ring
I'd like to know where the riverboat says to now
To New Orleans, well, that's just fine, all right
Cause there's fighting there and the company needs men
Ooh I said, ooh I said oh I said there IAPPY, now, oh yeah
Slip us a rope and sail on round the bend
From this day on, I own my father's gun
We dug his shallow grave beneath the sun
I laid his broken body down below the southern land
What I'd do to bury him where any Yankee stands