Waist Deep In The Big Muddy歌词

[00:05.30]It was back in nineteen forty-two
[00:08.01]I was a member of a good platoon
[00:11.07]We were on maneuvers in a Loozianna
[00:13.49]One night by the light of the moon
[00:16.41]The captain told us to ford a river
[00:19.17]That's how it all begun
[00:21.55]We were knee deep in the Big Muddy
[00:24.52]But the big fool said to push on
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[00:31.33]The sergeant said sir are you sure
[00:33.68]This is the best way back to the base
[00:36.81]Sergeant go on I forded this river
[00:39.22]About a mile above this place
[00:41.89]It'll be a little soggy but just keep slogging
[00:44.92]We'll soon be on dry ground
[00:47.35]We were waist deep in the Big Muddy
[00:50.23]And the big fool said to push on
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[00:56.96]The sergeant said sir with all this equipment
[00:59.60]No man will be able to swim
[01:02.53]Sergeant don't be a nervous Nellie
[01:05.13]The captain said to him
[01:07.40]All we need is a little determination“
[01:10.40]Men follow me I'll lead on
[01:12.90]We were neck deep in the Big Muddy
[01:15.82]And the big fool said to push on
[01:22.58]
[01:22.59]All at once the moon clouded over
[01:24.95]We heard a gurgling cry
[01:27.96]A few seconds later the captain's helmet
[01:30.61]Was all that floated by
[01:33.11]The sergeant said turn around men
[01:35.81]I'm in charge from now on
[01:38.15]And we just made it out of the Big Muddy
[01:40.76]With the captain dead and gone
[01:43.52]
[01:43.53]We stripped and dived and found his body
[01:46.52]Stuck in the old quicksand
[01:48.84]I guess he didn't know that the water was deeper
[01:51.46]Than the place he'd once before been
[01:54.43]Another stream had joined the Big Muddy
[01:56.77]About a half mile from where we'd gone
[01:59.46]We were lucky to escape from the Big Muddy
[02:02.07]When the big fool said to push on
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[02:08.67]Well I'm not going to point any moral
[02:11.09]I'll leave that for yourself
[02:13.69]Maybe you're still walking
[02:15.28]You're still talking
[02:16.82]You'd like to keep your health
[02:19.09]But every time I read the papers
[02:21.91]That old feeling comes on
[02:24.38]We're waist deep in the Big Muddy
[02:27.17]And the big fool says to push on
[02:30.13]Waist deep in the Big Muddy
[02:32.09]And the big fool says to push on
[02:35.01]Waist deep in the Big Muddy
[02:37.27]And the big fool says to push on
[02:39.94]Waist deep neck deep
[02:42.11]Soon even a tall man'll be over his head
[02:44.66]We're waist deep in the Big Muddy
[02:47.31]And the big fool says to push on