Arrowhead Lyrics

Arrowhead lyrics

Mama, if you could see me now 

I’m not the boy you knew in Macon town 

They found a uniform about my size 

It’s a little big I guess, but that’s alright 

Mama, if you could see me know 



Mama, they’re treating me right well 

The men all say I brought this good luck spell 

I am the mascot of the Third Brigade 

They will not march unless I lead the way 

Mama, they’re treating me right well 



Mama, I do not have a gun 

I’m only lucky when I’m banging on my drum 

But I skinned a rabbit for the cook last night 

He said that I could keep his bowie knife 

Mama, I do not have a gun 



Mama, I lost my arrowhead 

It was big enough to strike a bobcat dead 

Must’ve fallen when I climbed that tree 

Yankee fires as far as I could see 

Mama, I lost my arrowhead 



Mama, the troops are falling in 

And we must move while we’ve still got the wind 

The scouts are fanning out like whippoorwills 

Today we’re marching over Bloody Hill 

Mama, the troops are falling in 



Mama, I never thought I’d run 

But something happened when I saw those Yankees come 

Now I’ve been running now a week or two 

Too ashamed to come back home to you 

Mama, I never thought I’d run