Re-worked, re-recorded version of a song from a digital EP that I self-recorded in 2012 ("Bleeding Kansas"); I was pretty unhappy/dissatisfied with that EP, but I liked this song, so here ya go. Drums by Mike Urbain, bass/vocals by Jeremy Dunlap.
Inspired by John Brown's failed slave revolt at Harper's Ferry, Virginia in 1859 ...
lyrics
Gather up the pikes, son
It's time we head down south
Gather up the men, son
We're going where God can't be found.
Where the devil makes his home.
Down to the armory
We march without a sound
Righteous, but terrified
On this wet October ground.
Gonna be a very cold trip
Never surrender.
Not till every last one is free.
Never surrender to this slavocracy
You are some brave men
You've led hardscrabble lives
But for this righteous cause
You would gladly die
All twenty-five of you
A band of brothers
Both black and white
Down to the armory
Where we'll bring the fight
Let's cut the head off this snake
Never surrender.
Not till every last one is free.
Never surrender to this slavocracy
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