Headin' For The Hills

We'll sing another song

Then we've gotta move along

Far away my Sal

Please try to understand

Why I'm leavin' you Suzanne

Like the wind we're headed for the hills

(In 1776 men came from all of the 13 colonies to fight for General Washington. Many times the only things they had in common, were the songs they sang and the cause for which they fought.)

When brother died at Bunker hill

My mother said to me

Take your gun and join the men

Who fight for liberty

Here I sit a waitin'

For another British raid

I'll drink my barley whiskey

And pretend I'm not afraid

We'll sing another song

Then we've gotta move along

Far away my Sal

Please try to understand

Why I'm leavin' you Suzanne

Like the wind we're headed for the hills

No one ever told me

Where to call my home

When I was just a little lad

I began to roam

Then I heard the musket fire

Ringin' loud and clear

Saw the red coats up near Terrytown

Well I had to volunteer

We'll sing another song

Then we've gotta move along

Far away my Sal

Please try to understand

Why I'm leavin' you Suzanne

Like the wind we're headed for the hills

Once I had a little gal

We lived outside of town

Only had a one room shack

And it was fallin' down

But the land was all our own

It's where my son was born

Let's hurry up and end this war

It's time to plant my corn

We'll sing another song

Then we've gotta move along

Far away my Sal

Please try to understand

Why I'm leavin' you Suzanne

Like the wind we're headed for the hills

When this war is over

And our cause is won

More men who seek equality

Will learn from what we've done

We'll send those red coats packin'

To drink their bitter tea

And we will welcome all who share

Our longing to be free

We'll sing another song

Then we've gotta move along

Far away my Sal

Please try to understand

Why I'm leavin' you Suzanne

Like the wind, the wind, the wind we're headed for the hills