Billy Green
Key: CCapo 2English
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AtAmtend you all good Amcountrymen my Cname is DBilly GGreen
And EmI will tell of Emthings I did when AmI was just nineDteen
I Emhelped defeat the EmYank invader Amthere can be no-o Ddoubt
Yet Amlately men forAmget the name of CBilly DGreen the GScout G
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'Twas Amon a Sunday Ammorn' in June when Cfirst we Dheard the Gsound
Three Emthousand Yankees Emon the road to Amcamp below GreenDtown
Two EmGenerals ArEmtillery and AmCompany of Dhorse
With Ammany rank and Amfile afoot they Cwere a Dmighty Gforce G
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Says AmI to brother AmLevi "Well we Cstill can Dhave some Gfun!
We'll Emcreep and whoop like EmIndians to Amtry to make them Drun!"
Which Emthen we did both Emloud and long much Amto the Yanks' disDmay
They Amfired their pop-gun Ammuskets once and Cthen they Dran aGway! G
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Well Amfirst they plundered AmStoney Creek and Cthen John DGage's Gfarm
They Emcut his fences Emfor their fires alAmthough the day was Dwarm
They Embound my brother Isaac Emup and took Amhim from his Dhome
They Ampillaged all the Amcountryside no Cmercy Dthere was Gshown G
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Then Amsays I to myAmself "Now Billy Cthis will Dnever Gdo
Those Emscurvy Yanks are Emnot the match for AmLoyalists like Dyou"
My Embrother's horse I Emquickly caught and Amput him to a Drun
And Amreached the British Amcamp upon the CHeights of DBurlingGton G
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Says AmI to Colonel AmHarvey "Now let Cthere Dbe no deGlay
If Emwe're to reach the EmYankee camp beAmfore the break of Dday
I'll Emtake you through the Emwoods by night where I Amknow every Dtree
And Amere the dawn you suAmrely can surCprise Dthe eneGmy" G
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With Ammen and guns we Amthen set forth the CeneDmy to Gseek
AEmcross the beach at EmBurlington and Amthen to Red Hill DCreek;
We Emcame upon their Emsentries we surAmprised them every Done
One Amdied upon my Amsword and all the Cothers Doff they Grun G
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And Amso it was we Amwere in place one Chour Dbefore Gdawn
We Emfired three times uEmpon the camp and Amthen we marched aDlong
We Emfired again and Emcharged as Colonel AmHarvey gave the Dword
And Amput the enemy to Amflight with Cbayonet Dand Gsword! G
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With Amgreat confusion Amin the camp two CGenerals Dwere Gcaught
The EmColonel and his Emmen made their arAmtillery as Dnaught
We Emkilled over two Emhundred and we Amcaptured all the Drest;
Nor Amdid we lose but Ameighty men; of Cthem we Dhad the Gbest G
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And Amso it was I played the Amman though CI was Dbut nineGteen
I Emled our forces Emthrough the night that Amthis land would be Dfree
I Emfoiled the Yank Eminvaders and I Amhelped put them to Drout
So Amlet no man forget the Amname of CBilly DGreen the Scout!