Swan, swan, hummingbird, hurrah, we're all free now
What noisy cats are we, girl and dog he bore his cross
Swan, swan, hummingbird, hurrah, we are all free now
Long, low time ago, people talked to me
Johnny Reb what's the price of fans?
Forty a piece or three for one dollar?
Hey, captain don't you want to buy
some bone chain, some toothpicks?
Night wings, or hair chains?
Here's your wooden greenback, sing
Wooden beams and dovetail sweep
I struck that picture ninety times
I walked that path a hundred ninety
Long, low time ago, people talk to me
A pistol hot cup of brine,
the whiskey is water, the water is wine
Marching feet, Johnny Reb,
what's the price of heroes?
Six of one, half dozen the other
Tell that to the captain's mother
Hey, captain, don't you want to buy
Some bone chains and toothpicks?
Night wings, or hair chains?
Swan, swan, hummingbird, hurrah
We're all free now
What noisy cats are we
Long, low time ago, people talk to me
A pistol hot cup of rhyme
The whiskey is water, the water is wine