Berdan’s Sharpshooters --- S.G.Elder/ ttto: “Yankee Doodle”

[G]Berdan’s men are in the [D7]field,
The [G]Rebels all look blue [D7]sir.
For [G]well they know where [C]e’er we go
Our [D7]rifles will prove [G]true, sir. 

[chorus] C]Berdan’s men are marching on,
              Their [G]deadly rifles rattling.
              [C]Swift we dash through shot and shell
              For [G]freedom [D7]bravely [G]battling.

O’er [G]hills and through dark woods we [D7]roam.
No [G]foe shall make us [D7]tremble.
Our [G]rifles’ crack shall [C]drive them back
And [D7]every fear dis-[G]semble.

     [chorus]

When [G]from their heights the guns they [D7]sight,
To [G]deal dark woe a-[D7]round,sir;
Our [G]rifles flash -- the [C]bullets crash –
And [D7]traitors bite the [G]ground, sir.

Our [G]cause is just, and on we’ll [D7]march
With [G]Mac, our brave com-[D7]mander.
Guard [G]well his life’midst [C]all the strife
Un-[D7]til our foes sur-[G]render.

No [G]cares have we but Liber-[D7]ty
And [G]glad would bear all [D7]pain,sir.
If our [G]Flag could fly in [the] [C]azure sky
O’er [D7]every state a-[G]gain, sir.

          [C]Berdan’s men are marching on,
          Their [G]deadly rifles rattling.
          [C]Swift we dash through shot and shell
          For [G]freedom [D7]bravely [G]battling.

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