Waist Deep In The Big Muddy chords by Dick Gaughan
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It was back in 1942,
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I part of a good platoon
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Over on
Maneuvers in
Louisiana,
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one -eighth by the light of the moon
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Captain said, we've got to ford the river,
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that's where it all began
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We're knee -deep in the big muddy,
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and the damned fool can't get in
It's a
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Prussian moon
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The sergeant said,
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sir, are you sure this is the way back to base?
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Sergeant, I once crossed this river,
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not a mile up off this base.
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It'll be a little soggy,
but we'll keep on slogging.
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We'll soon be on dry ground.
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We're waist -deep in
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the big muddy in the damn
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Fouquet -Biennon
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So push on
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Captain, sir, with all this gear no man
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will be able to swim
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Sergeant, don't be nervous nearly,
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the captain said to him
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All we need is a little determination,
follow me
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I'll lead on, but we're neck deep in the big muddy
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an d the damn fool kept yellin'
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to push on.
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All of a sudden, the moon clouded over.
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All we heard was a gurgling cry
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And a second plane of the captain's
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helmet was all that followed by
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The sergeant said turn around men,
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I'm in charge from now on
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And we just made it over the big muddy
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where the captain died and gone
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We stripped and dived and found his
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body stuck in the old quicksand
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I guess she didn't know the wa ter was deeper
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than the place where he'd once been
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But another stream had joined the muddy, a
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half a mile from where we'd gone
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We weren't lucky to get out of the big muddy
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when that damn fool kept yelling
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To push on
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You may not want to draw conclusions,
but leave that to yourself.
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Maybe you're still walking,
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maybe you're still talking, maybe you've still got your health
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But every time I hear the news,
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that old feeling comes back on
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We're knee -deep in the big muddy and the
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damn fools keep yellin'
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So push on
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Knee -deep in the big muddy and
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the fools keep yellin'
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Push on, waist deep in the big muddy
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and the damn fools keep yellin'
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Push on, waist deep, neck deep,
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we'll be drownin' before too long
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We're neck deep in the big muddy
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and the damn fools keep yellin'
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So push on
Outro 1
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Waist Deep In The Big Muddy
Dick Gaughan
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