Kenny Russell - Drums in the Distance

Drums In The Distance

The Rebel soldier told me right
They'd be here within three nights
"Fetch the family get away and hide"
Momma, go and get the children
I'll hitch up the horse and wagon
Hurry, I here Drums In The Distance

The choice they put to me tonight
To save the family or to fight
I reckon like to say I run away
We're caught between the worst of it
'Tween Yankee and Confederate
Hurry, I here Drums In The Distance

Drums In The Distance
There's fire on the hill
There's drums on the edge of Bentonville
And the drums are growing louder
Don't smell the cannons' powder?
Oh, I think you better leave tonight...

Confess I am a Dixie man
I feel tore up and I can't stand
To see my Carolina burn away
The drums are calling me to fight
I'll be there by mornings light
Run along I hear Drums In The Distance

Drums In The Distance
There's fire on the hill
There's drums on the edge of Bentonville
And the drums are growing louder
Don't smell the cannons' powder?
Oh, I think you better leave tonight...

Written by:
Kenneth Ruggiero, Richard Green

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