Bondage To Bondage Part A

Bondage, yes we were in Bondage Held down we were and saw no light Serfs, only serfs to our masters in arms And no way any could assemble and fight Blessings, oh such blessings Headed to America to pay off our debt We were sailing that wild Atlantic And our feet on that shore we’ll set From Bondage to Spiritual Faith But we worked like the devil for our pay Then at last we were finally delivered Seven years, then that blessed day Seven years, oh but now we’re free Like the birds that fly through the air Yes, seven long years working hand and nail Now two acres, a rifle and a wage that seems fair But alas now the British we are fighting Fighting for our freedom from the crown Many will never finish what we started As their blood runs all through the ground Still we fight, we fight to the finish No retreat, no surrender no sir at all From Spiritual Faith to Great Courage We fight though many in our ranks fall Thanks to the French with their tall ships The British are now on the run A long way we came, a long way indeed And a many lay dead or dying my son A free nation where we all come together And test out that new Bill of Rights From Great Courage to Liberty With America shinning freedom through the night Wars, oh yes we had them all along the way When Lincoln sent his armies down south He wanted to be king among other things And hated hearing “oh hush your mouth” But finally we were the nation of the world Our beacon shinning down off that hill And calling to the masses “come on over And get a taste of how America really feels” Just as the turn of that great century Where From Liberty to Abundance we became The nineteen hundreds made many really rich And many wept and cried as many were ashamed The Roaring Twenties, The Dust Bowl and all As World War One was left lingering behind Maybe we should have stopped and smelled the roses Instead of seeing all that success and going blind