Kingston Trio Farewell Captain Lyrics

Farewell Captain Lyrics

Farewell to you, Captain

The bravest in command

Goodbye to all the soldiers

Who didn't give a damn



For we're goin' back to Richmond

Buddy, leavin' here today

Gonna sell our rifles for a jug

And get drunk along the way



'Twas in Virginia harbor

Gen'ral Parker disappeared

Tied sleeping soundly to a tree



How we wept as we launched him

And so cheerfully we cheered

As the Gen'ral drifted slowly out to sea



Farewell to you, Captain

The bravest in command

Goodbye to all the soldiers

Who didn't give a damn



For we're goin' back to Richmond

Buddy, leavin' here today

Gonna sell our rifles for a jug

And get drunk along the way



At the battle of Manassas

I had my certain chance

To bravely fight the red and white and blue



I was so blasted brave

I stuck branches in my pants

And, yes, I played a tree 'til it was through



Please don't think that we are cowards

What a horrible suggestion

It's just that we don't feel that we belong



Bobby misses his dear mother

John has acid indigestion

And I think I feel a migraine coming on



Farewell to you, Captain

The bravest in command

Goodbye to all the soldiers

Who didn't give a damn



For we're goin' back to Richmond

Buddy, leavin' here today

Gonna sell our rifles for a jug

And get drunk along the way



Farewell to you, Captain

We're goin' to leave you now