The Rifle (chrom)

THE RIFLE chrom
American Revolutionary War song
Key: E
Time: 2/4

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Why come ye hith-er, Red-coats
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Your minds, what mad-ness fills?
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There is dan-ger in our val-ley
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And there’s dan-ger in our hills
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Oh hear ye not the sing-ing
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Of the bu-gle wild and free
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Full soon you’ll hear the ring-ing
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Of the ri-fle from each tree
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For the ri-fle oh, the ri-fle
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In our hands will prove no tri-fle
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Oh, the ri-fle oh, the ri-fle
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In our hands will prove no tri-fle