Song title: We'll all men the guns
We'll all men the guns
And we'll all man the guns for America
And we'll all run the enemy home
And we'll all man the guns for America
Just be there when I get home
Come to me Mary, oh I wanna know
If you still love me, like you told me so
Then meet me by the river, meet in the field
Underneath that old oak tree, oh won't you say you will
When the roaster crows and the train whistle blows
That's when I'll be gone, you see I got a job to do
My country is at war
But I'd fight the fiercest battle and I'd cross the roughest land
If only I could be sure I'd have my Mary's hand
We'll all man the guns for America
We'll all run the enemy home
We'll all man the guns for America
The sooner it's done, the sooner we've won, the sooner I'll be home
In my dreams I hear the cannon thundering in the night
But sometimes I wake up screaming and I've soaked my bed in fright
Well tomorrow I'll be leaving and I might never come back again
You know I said that I will, I'm a God-fearing patriotic man
Won't you meet me 'neath that old oak, fast as I can
You see I got my duty as a God-fearing patriotic man
But I'd fight the fiercest battle and I'd cross the roughest land
If only I could be sure I'd have my Mary's hand
We'll all man the guns for America
We'll all run the enemy home
We'll all man the guns for America
The sooner it's done, the sooner we've won, the sooner I'll be home
This song has never been published on any official release.
Very few performances of this songs are known (to me, at least!):
- 14/08/1970 7Th And Marshall Street Parking, Richmond,VA ,USA during the Child / Steel Mill Period
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Unique known live performance: 14/08/1970 7Th And Marshall Street Parking, Richmond,VA ,USA
Song 'history':
During the early years (1965-1972), played live (at least) 1 time(s) during the Child/Steel Mill period.
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Keep in mind that only a small amount of the setlists of these years has surfaced, so it may have been played a lot more.
Data from the www.brucespringsteen.it database