Biography:
The New Christy Minstrels is an American folk music group that came to prominence in the 1960s and is currently performing in concerts across the country. For the Schedule of The New Christy Minstrels®, Under the Direction of Randy Sparks, visit
the one and only official web site: www.thenewchristyminstrels.com as well as The NCM Foundation web site: www.newchristyminstrelsfoundation.org
Formed by Founder Randy Sparks in 1961, The New Christy Minstrels®
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Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
Chorus:
E A E B
Make it one! For Washington and all his gallant men,
E B
One for the girl that once was mine;
E A E B
Make it one! For the darling boy I'll never see again,
E A E A B E
And don't forget the Blacksmith of Brandywine!
Verse 1:
E A E B
Our steed broke down in Brandywine, it was a sight to see:
E A B E
A giant man with a hammer in his hand beneath the old oak tree,
E A E B
And all around him on the ground, in fatal disarray,
E A B E
A score of men who'll never fight again, nor travel on the King's highway.
E A E B
We dug his grave, and covered him o'er, and sadly wept a tear,
E A B E
And passed the day a-ridin' on our way till we met with a musketeer.
E A E B
From him we learned the story of a brave and angry man,
E A B E
Who undertook the British enemy with a hammer in his hand.
Chorus:
E A E B
Make it one! For Washington and all his gallant men,
E B
One for the girl that once was mine;
E A E B
Make it one! For the darling boy I'll never see again,
E A E A B E
And don't forget the Blacksmith of Brandywine!
Verse 2:
E A E B
There lived a man in Chestertown away from the cannon's roar.
E A B E
Of manner mild, his woman and child, no man could ever love more;
E A E B
But the Tories spoke a plot one day to waylay Washington,
E A B E
He left his home and family alone, to the general he did run.
E A E B
His errand done, he journeyed home but sorrow there he found.
E A B E
By British gun his wife and son lay still on the cold hard ground.
E A E B
The blacksmith reached for his heavy sledge and he gave a practice swing,
E A B E
They say on the line at Brandywine, you could hear his hammer sing.
Chorus:
E A E B
Make it one! For Washington and all his gallant men,
E B
One for the girl that once was mine;
E A E B
Make it one! For the darling boy I'll never see again,
E A E A B E
And don't forget the Blacksmith of Brandywine!
E A E B
Make it one! For Washington and all his gallant men,
E B
One for the girl that once was mine;
E A E B
Make it one! For the darling boy I'll never see again,
E A E A B E
And don't forget the Blacksmith of Brandywine!
Verse 1:
E A E B
Our steed broke down in Brandywine, it was a sight to see:
E A B E
A giant man with a hammer in his hand beneath the old oak tree,
E A E B
And all around him on the ground, in fatal disarray,
E A B E
A score of men who'll never fight again, nor travel on the King's highway.
E A E B
We dug his grave, and covered him o'er, and sadly wept a tear,
E A B E
And passed the day a-ridin' on our way till we met with a musketeer.
E A E B
From him we learned the story of a brave and angry man,
E A B E
Who undertook the British enemy with a hammer in his hand.
Chorus:
E A E B
Make it one! For Washington and all his gallant men,
E B
One for the girl that once was mine;
E A E B
Make it one! For the darling boy I'll never see again,
E A E A B E
And don't forget the Blacksmith of Brandywine!
Verse 2:
E A E B
There lived a man in Chestertown away from the cannon's roar.
E A B E
Of manner mild, his woman and child, no man could ever love more;
E A E B
But the Tories spoke a plot one day to waylay Washington,
E A B E
He left his home and family alone, to the general he did run.
E A E B
His errand done, he journeyed home but sorrow there he found.
E A B E
By British gun his wife and son lay still on the cold hard ground.
E A E B
The blacksmith reached for his heavy sledge and he gave a practice swing,
E A B E
They say on the line at Brandywine, you could hear his hammer sing.
Chorus:
E A E B
Make it one! For Washington and all his gallant men,
E B
One for the girl that once was mine;
E A E B
Make it one! For the darling boy I'll never see again,
E A E A B E
And don't forget the Blacksmith of Brandywine!
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