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Thread #83334   Message #1531034
Posted By: chico
29-Jul-05 - 06:02 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Little wat ye wha's a-comin' (1828)
Subject: Lyr Add: Little wat ye wha's a-comin' (1828)

AIR -- 'Highland Muster Roll'

C                     G7      C    Am      F       G7
Little wat ye wha's a comin', little wat ye wha's a comin'
C    Am      Em      G7    C               G7      C
Little wat ye wha's a comin' murder wi' gory han's a comin'

C                F               C                Bb         G7
Fire's a comin', swords a comin' pistols, guns an' knives are comin'
C             Am    C       Bb          G   7
Nero's comin' Hero comin' forbye the second section's comin'

       C       F            C       Am?          C         F         C    G7
He'll fret and fume, he'll shoot and stab, he'll stamp an' swear "like any drab"
       C       F          C             Bb
He'll play Jack Cade, hang honest men, An' after that Calhoun's a comin'

Little wat ye wha's a comin', little wat ye wha's a comin'
Little wat ye wha's a comin', martial an' lynch's law are comin'

Slavery's comin', knavery's comin, plunder's comin', Blunder's comin'
Robbing's comin' Jobbing's comin', an' a' the plague o' War's a-comin'

He'll fret &c

Little wat ye wha's a comin', little wat ye wha's a comin'
Little wat ye wha's a comin', JUGGERNAUT himsel' is comin'

[Little wat ye wha's a comin', little wat ye wha's a comin'
Little wat ye wha's a comin', if John Quicy not be comin']


[Anti-Jackson song from J.Q. Adams Campaign sympathizers, esp. in reaction to Democrat songs glorifying Jackson's war record. Verse in brackets is conjectural]