Subject: Lyr Add: Little wat ye wha's a-comin' (1828)
From:
chico
Date: 29 Jul 05 - 06:02 AM
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]
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