Ballad of the Fort Hood Three
Pete Seeger
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Come all you brave Americans And listen unto me If you can spare five minutes In this 20th century I'll sing to you a story true As you will plainly see It's about three US soldiers they Call the "Fort Hood Three" First, Pvt dennis Mora He hails from New York town A good student in Spanish Harlem And a student a while at Brown He cast his vote for Johnson in 1964 But let me quote his own words On the subject of this war: "I call this a war of aggression The whole world knows it's so We're supporting a dictator who Holds Hitler his hero There is a war we ought to Fight: it's the war on poverty "With jobs for all, no matter who In this democracy" Next, Pvt jimmy Johnson, he Comes from Harlem, too He wanted to be a lawyer but Left college before he was through He had to bring his family income Worked as teller in a bank Now listen to his own words and Tell me what you think: "I've spent a lot of time Reading and discussing Vietnam "The government's not been honest in Telling us about Saigon "Too long I followed blindly I Had to take a stand "The fight for freedom can be made Right here in our own land" Next, Pvt david Samas, a Californian His background, Lithuanian, also Italian The policemen told his father Something quite absurd They'd arrange for him a discharge if He'd just retract these words: "We've been told in training that In Vietnam we must fight "And we may have to kill women and children And that is quite all right "We say this war's illegal, immoral And unjust "We're taking legal action Just the three of us "We'll report for duty but We won't go overseas "We're prepared to face court martial But we won't fight for Ky "We three have talked it over Our decision now is clear "We will not go to Vietnam We'll fight for freedom here" The army tried cajolery And later on came threats They were taken into custody Told jail was what they'd get At the moment that I'm singing The story's far from through The next verses in the ballad may Be partly up to you Now if you don't believe me You can read about it more About the Fort Hood Three who have Refused to fight this war We can help them set our country Straight on the right track again When a man can hold his head with Pride and say: "I'm an American!"
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