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G C G General Custer told me, we were goin' for a ride D Over by the Big Horn River, where the water is deep and wide. G C G "Soon as I get my hair done," he said, "we will win the war; D7 G Go on out and tell the boys what they are fightin' for." G C G And he said, "Give somebody a medal, give somebody a three-day pass. D Tell 'em 'bout a light at the end of the tunnel and tell 'em to hold their sass. G And pass me my lookin' glass."
Out in the buffalo moonlight, I thought I heard a bird.
One old Indian fighter went pale, said, "What was that I heard?"
Sixteen thousand nightingales stompin' through the pass.
Tell that idiot matinee fool to get us out and fast.
He yelled, "Give somebody a medal, give somebody a three-day pass.
Tell 'em 'bout a light at the end of the tunnel and tell 'em to hold their sass.
And pass me my lookin' glass."
Dawn come up like taxes; what do suppose I see?
Every Indian in history, tappin' his toes at me.
Things was lookin' shaky, some of them boys was large;
What do you suppose old Custer done? You know, he hollered, "Charge!"
But nobody told the Indians who old Custer was.
They commenced to stick to us like peaches stick to fuzz.
Nobody told the Indians they were supposed to run;
And just as they did Custer in, what do you suppose he done?
He hollered, "Give somebody a medal, give somebody a three-day pass.
Tell 'em 'bout a light at the end of the tunnel and tell 'em to hold their sass.
And pass me my lookin' glass."
(Words and music by Tom Paxton, 1971)
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