Marshall: Jimmie Driftwood's lyrics for Soldier's Joy start off like this:Some Continental soldiers on the bivouac
Were playing stud poker in a mountain shack
But every vigilante threw down his hand
When the captain of the guard gave a sharp command
[chorus]
Oh, Jimmy get your fiddle out
And rosin up the bow
Johnny, tune your banjer up
We're gonna have a show
Billy, pass the jug around
To Corporal McCoy
We're gonna have a tune called "Soldier's Joy!"etc.
There's a couple of versions of these lyrics in the DT, but one has a lot of misspellings in it.
Best wishes,
Reece Watkins