Biography:
The New Lost City Ramblers were a contemporary old-time string band that formed in New York City in 1958 during the Folk Revival. The founding members of the Ramblers, or NLCR, were Mike Seeger (August 15, 1933 – August 7, 2009), John Cohen (August 2, 1932 - September 16, 2019), and Tom Paley (March 19, 1928 – September 30, 2017) . Tom Paley later left the group and was replaced by Tracy Schwarz.
The New Lost City Ramblers not only directly participated in the old-time music revival
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Battleship Of Maine
[Verse]
C
Mc Kinley called for volunteers,
C
Then I got my gun,
F
First Spaniard I saw coming
C
I dropped my gun and run,
G7 C
It was all about that Battleship of Maine.
[Verse]
C
Why are you running,
C
Are you afraid to die,
F
The reason that I'm running
C
Is because I cannot fly,
G7 C
It was all about that Battleship of Maine.
[Chorus]
C
At war with that great nation Spain,
C
When I get back to Spain I want to honor my name,
G7 C
It was all about that Battleship of Maine.
[Verse]
C
The blood was a-running
C
And I was running too,
F
I give my feet good exercise,
C
I had nothing else to do,
G7 C
It was all about that Battleship of Maine.
[Verse]
C
When they were a-chasing me,
C
I fell down on my knees,
F
First thing I cast my eyes upon
C
Was a great big pot of peas,
G7 C
It was all about that Battleship of Maine.
[Verse]
C
The peas they were greasy,
C
The meat it was fat,
F
The boys was fighting Spaniards
C
While I was fighting that,
G7 C
It was all about that Battleship of Maine.
[Verse]
C
Mc Kinley called for volunteers,
C
Then I got my gun,
F
First Spaniard I saw coming
C
I dropped my gun and run,
G7 C
It was all about that Battleship of Maine.
[Verse]
C
Why are you running,
C
Are you afraid to die,
F
The reason that I'm running
C
Is because I cannot fly,
G7 C
It was all about that Battleship of Maine.
[Chorus]
C
At war with that great nation Spain,
C
When I get back to Spain I want to honor my name,
G7 C
It was all about that Battleship of Maine.
[Verse]
C
The blood was a-running
C
And I was running too,
F
I give my feet good exercise,
C
I had nothing else to do,
G7 C
It was all about that Battleship of Maine.
[Verse]
C
When they were a-chasing me,
C
I fell down on my knees,
F
First thing I cast my eyes upon
C
Was a great big pot of peas,
G7 C
It was all about that Battleship of Maine.
[Verse]
C
The peas they were greasy,
C
The meat it was fat,
F
The boys was fighting Spaniards
C
While I was fighting that,
G7 C
It was all about that Battleship of Maine.
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