Key: G major•
Verse 1
Em
G
Some Continental
Jimmy, get your fiddle out
and roll up the bow
Johnny, tune your banjo up,
to Corporal McCoy
G
D
called Soldier's Joy
G
C
The girls in Boston are dancing tonight
G
C
When we get there, we will show them how
D
G
But that ain't a -doin' us no good now
So, Jimmy, get your fiddle out
and rollin' up the bow
Johnny Junior, band your up,
to Corporal McCoy
G
D
G
called Soldier's Joy
G
D
He's got his horse in a sweeping run
So, Jimmy, get your fiddle out
and rollin' up the bow
Johnny, tune the banjo up,
to Corporal McCoy
G
D
G
called Soldier's Joy
G
D
Got his army in an awful mess
So, Jimmy, get your fiddle out
and rotten up the bow
Johnny, tune the banjo up,
to Corporal McCoy
G
D
G
called Soldier's Joy
G
D
Scoured the ocean like a fighting man
D
G
And Paul said, I'm just beginning to fight
So, Jimmy, get your fiddle out
and rotten up the bow
Johnny, tune the banjo up,
McCoy
G
D
G
called Soldier's Joy
G
D
Drinking their wine in the campfire's glow
G
C
Big Dan Morgan came a -gallopin' in
D
G
Says, got Cornwallis in the old cow pen
So, Jimmy, get your feet loud
and rollin' up the bow
Johnny, tune the badger up,
to Corporal McCoy
G
D
G
called Soldier's Joy
Wake up, buddy,
G
D
Grandma Britain got an awful bruise
C
cursed Yorktown
So Jimmy, get your fiddle out
and rolls up the bow
Johnny, tune the banjo up,
to Corporal McCoy
G
D
called Soldier's Joy
G
C
A homemade fiddle and a mandolin
G
D
An old banjo and a tambourine
G
C
A big dumb bully for the drummer, boy
D
G
Everybody loves to hear the Soldier's Joy
So Jimmy, get your fiddle out
and roll up the bow
Johnny, tune the banjo up,
McCoy
D
G
Gonna have a tune called Soldier's Joy
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsEm G C D
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