From this day on
I own
My father's gun
We dug his shallow grave
Beneath the sun
I laid his broken body down
Below the southern land
It wouldn't do to bury him
Where any Yankee stands
I'll take my horse and I'll ride
The Northern plain
To wear the colour of the greys
And join the fight again
Oh, I'll not rest until I know
The cause is fought and won
From this day on
Until I die
I'll wear my father's gun
I'd like to know
Where the riverboat sails tonight
To New Orleans
Well, that's just fine alright
Cause there's fighting there
And the company needs men
So slip us a rope
And sail on round the bend
As soon as this is over
We'll go home
To plant the seeds of justice
In our bones
To watch the children growing
And see the women sewing
There'll be laughter
When the bells
Of freedom ring
I'd like to know
Where the riverboat sails tonight
To New Orleans
Well, that's just fine alright
Cause there's fighting there
And the company needs men
Oh, I said
Oh, I said
Slip us a rope
And sail on round the bend
I'd like to know
Where the riverboat sails tonight
To New Orleans
Well, that's just fine alright
Cause there's fighting there
And the company needs men
Oh, I said
Oh, I said
Slip us a rope
And sail on round the bend
Oh, I'd like to know
Where the riverboat
The riverboat sails tonight
To New Orleans
Well, that's just fine alright
Cause there's fighting there
And the company needs men
Oh, I said
Oh, I said
Slip us a rope
And sail on round the bend
Oh, I'd like to know
Where the riverboat, the riverboat
The riverboat sails tonight
To New Orleans
Well, that's just fine
That's just fine alright
Cause there's fighting there
And the company needs men
Oh, slip us a rope
And sail on round the bend
I'd like to know
Where the riverboat sails tonight
To New Orleans
Well, that's just fine
That's just fine alright
Cause there's fighting there
And the company needs men
Oh, I said
Oh, I said
Slip us a rope
And sail on round the bend
The riverboat sails tonight
That's just fine alright
Oh, slip us a rope
Sail on round
Sail on round
Sail on round, sail on round
Sail on round the bend
The riverboat sails tonight
Oh, I said
That's just fine alright