Handsome Johnny

Hey, look yonder, tell me what's that you see
Marching to the fields of Concord?
It looks like Handsome Johnny with a musket in his hand,
Marching to the Concord war, hey marching to the Concord war.


Hey, look yonder, tell me what you see
Marching to the fields of Gettysburg?
It looks like Handsome Johnny with a flintlock in his hand,
Marching to the Gettysburg war, hey marching to the Gettysburg war.


Hey, look yonder, tell me what's that you see
Marching to the fields of Dunkirk?
It looks like Handsome Johnny with a carbine in his hand,
Marching to the Dunkirk war, hey marching to the Dunkirk war.


Hey, look yonder, tell me what you see
Marching to the fields of Korea?
It looks like Handsome Johnny with an M1 in his hand,
Marching to the Korean war, hey marching to the Korean war.


Hey, look yonder, tell me what you see
Marching to the fields of Vietnam?
It looks like Handsome Johnny with an M15,
Marching to the Vietnam war, hey marching to the Vietnam war.


Hey, look yonder, tell me what you see
Marching to the fields of Birmingham?
It looks like Handsome Johnny with his hand rolled in a fist,
Marching to the Birmingham war, hey marching to the Birmingham war.


Hey, it's a long hard road, it's a long hard road,
It's a long hard road, before we'll be free.


Hey, what's the use of singing this song, some of you are not even listening.
Tell me what it is we've got to do: wait for our fields to start glistening,
Wait for the bullets to start whistling.
Here comes a hydrogen bomb, here comes a guided missile,
Here comes a hydrogen bomb: I can almost hear its whistle.

Johnny guapo

Oye, mira allá, dime qué es lo que ves
¿Marchando a los campos de Concordia?
Parece Johnny guapo con un mosquete en la mano
Marchando a la guerra de Concord, hey marchando a la guerra de Concord


Oye, mira allá, dime lo que ves
¿Marchando a los campos de Gettysburg?
Parece Johnny guapo con un pedernal en la mano
Marchando a la guerra de Gettysburg, hey marchando a la guerra de Gettysburg


Oye, mira allá, dime qué es lo que ves
¿Marchando a los campos de Dunkerque?
Parece Johnny guapo con una carabina en la mano
Marchando a la guerra de los Dunkerque, hey marchando a la guerra de los Dunkerque


Oye, mira allá, dime lo que ves
¿Marchando a los campos de Corea?
Parece Johnny guapo con un M1 en la mano
Marchando a la guerra de Corea, hey marchando a la guerra de Corea


Oye, mira allá, dime lo que ves
¿Marchando a los campos de Vietnam?
Parece Johnny el guapo con un M15
Marchando a la guerra de Vietnam, hey marchando a la guerra de Vietnam


Oye, mira allá, dime lo que ves
¿Marchando a los campos de Birmingham?
Parece que Johnny guapo con la mano rodada en un puñeto
Marchando a la guerra de Birmingham, hey marchando a la guerra de Birmingham


Hey, es un camino largo y duro, es un camino largo y duro
Es un largo camino duro, antes de que seamos libres


Hey, ¿de qué sirve cantar esta canción, algunos de ustedes ni siquiera están escuchando?
Dime qué es lo que tenemos que hacer: esperar a que nuestros campos empiecen a brillar
Espera a que las balas empiecen a silbar
Aquí viene una bomba de hidrógeno, aquí viene un misil guiado
Aquí viene una bomba de hidrógeno: casi puedo oír su silbido

Composição: Lou Gossett / Richie Havens