Pete Seeger - Waist Deep in the Big Muddy Lyrics

Lyrics Waist Deep in the Big Muddy - Pete Seeger



It was back in nineteen forty-two
I was a member of a good platoon
We were on maneuvers in Louisiana
One night by the light of the moon
The captain told us to ford a river
That's how it all begun
We were knee deep in the Big Muddy
The big fool said to push on
Well, the Sergeant said, "Sir, are you sure
This is the best way back to the base?"
"Sergeant, go on, I forded this river
'Bout a mile above this place
It'll be a little soggy but just keep slogging
We'll soon be on dry ground"
We were waist deep in the Big Muddy
The big fool said to push on
Well, the Sergeant said, "Sir, with all this equipment
No man will be able to swim"
"Sergeant, don't be a Nervous Nellie"
The Captain said to him
"All we need is a little determination
Men, follow me, I'll lead on"
We were neck deep in the Big Muddy
The big fool said to push on
Well, all at once, the moon clouded over
We heard a gurgling cry
A few seconds later, the captain's helmet
Was all that floated by
The Sergeant said, "Turn around men
I'm in charge from now on"
And we just made it out of the Big Muddy
With the captain dead and gone
We stripped and dived and found his body
Stuck in the old quicksand
I guess he didn't know that the water was deeper
Than the place he'd once before been
Another stream had joined the Big Muddy
'Bout a half mile from where we'd gone
We were lucky to escape from the Big Muddy
When the big fool said to push on
Well, I'm not going to point any moral
I'll leave that for yourself
Maybe you're still walking, you're still talking
You'd like to keep your health
But every time I read the papers
Them old feeling come on
We're waist deep in the Big Muddy
The big fool says to push on
Waist deep, neck deep
Soon even a tall man will be over his head,
We're waist deep in the Big Muddy
The big fool says to push on



Writer(s): Pete Seeger


Pete Seeger - A Link In the Chain
Album A Link In the Chain
date of release
03-09-1996

1 Living In the Country
2 My Oklahoma Home Blowed Away
3 Get Up and Go
4 Oh, Had I a Golden Thread
5 Never Wed An Old Man
6 Queen Anne Front
7 Cryderville Jail
8 Waist Deep in the Big Muddy
9 This Land Is Your Land
10 Draft Dodger Rag
11 The Pill
12 Where Have All the Flowers Gone
13 My Name Is Liza Kalvelage
14 Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season)
15 Guantanamera
16 Last Train to Nuremberg
17 Keep Your Eyes On The Prize
18 Oh, Freedom
19 We Shall Overcome
20 Coal Creek March
21 Pretty Boy Floyd
22 Hobo's Lullaby
23 Aimee Semple McPherson
24 The Cowboy's Lament
25 Jesse James
26 Belle Starr
27 Harry Sims
28 Mrs. McGrath
29 Jay Goulds Daughter
30 Nameless Lick
31 What Did You Learn In School Today?
32 Henry My Son
33 Put Your Finger In The Air
34 Michael, Row the Boat Ashore
35 This Old Car
36 Be Kind To Your Parents
37 Cumberland Mountain Bear Chase




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