Song Name: | Tramp, Tramp, Tramp (The Prisoners Hope) | By: | George F. Root |
Posted By: | gene | Difficulty: | Any |
Key: | C | Genre: | Folk |
Harp Type: | Diatonic | ||
Created: | 2010-05-29 17:05:37 | Modified: | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 |
Song: | Verse:
6 5 5 6 7 -8 7 In the pri-son cell I sit 7 -7 -6 7 7 -6 6 Think-ing Mo-ther dear of you 6 -5 5 6 7 -8 8 And our bright and hap-py home 8 -8 7 -8 So far a-way 6 -5 5 6 7 -8 7 And the tears they fill my eyes 7 -7 -6 7 7 -6 6 `Spite of all that I can do 8 -8 7 -7 7 -6 Though I try to cheer my -7 6 -7 -8 7 Com-rades and be gay Chorus: 8 8 8 Tramp! tramp! tramp! -8 7 -6 6 7 The boys are march-ing -8 -8 8 -8 7 8 -8 Cheer up com-rades, they will come 6 -5 5 6 7 -8 7 And be-neath the star-ry flag 7 -7 -6 7 7 -6 6 We will breathe the air a-gain 8 -8 7 -7 Of the free land 7 -6 -7 6 -7 -8 7 In our own be-lov-ed home Verse: In the battle-front we stood When their fiercest charge they made And they swept us off A hundred men or more. But before we'd reached their lines They were beaten back dismayed And we heard the cry of "Vict'ry!" o'er and o'er. Chorus Now within the prison cell We are waiting for the day That will come to open Wide the iron door. And the hollow eye grows bright And the poor heart almost gay When we think of seeing home And friends once more. Chorus |