| Where, where‚ where‚ where | 
| Where are you bound‚ young man? | 
| I’m off to the war with good men and true | 
| And hadn’t you better come along too? | 
| I speak my mind quite freely | 
| Now, really | 
| Why, why‚ why, why | 
| Why to the war, young man? | 
| Did a man ever fight for a holier cause | 
| Than freedom and flag and equal love | 
| Just speak your mind quite freely | 
| Now really | 
| Which‚ which, which, and which | 
| And which is the flag of the free? | 
| Oh, Washington’s flag with the stripes and the stars | 
| Will you give such name to the thing with the bars? | 
| I speak my mind quite freely | 
| Now, really | 
| Who, who, who, and who | 
| And who goes with you to the war? | 
| Ten thousand brave lads and if they should stay here | 
| The girls would cry shame and bawl and tear | 
| They speak their minds quite freely | 
| Now, really | 
| When, when, when, and when | 
| And when do you mean to come back? | 
| When rebellion is crushed and the Union restored | 
| And freedom is safe, then, please the Lord | 
| I speak my mind quite freely | 
| Now, really | 
| What, what, what, and what | 
| And what will you gain by that? | 
| Oh I’ve gained enough, whatever the cost | 
| That freedom, the hope of the world, isn’t lost | 
| I speak my mind quite freely | 
| Now, really |