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