Folk & Traditional Song Lyrics www.traditionalmusic.co.uk Rebels Escape 
Rebels Escape 
Come all you jolly soldiers I will sing to you a song I will try to be brief I will not detain you long Concerning al my troubles and how they did advance And how I got around them and what a narrow chance 
With a bottle of good whiskey, I put the guard to sleep Then down upon my knees so slyly I did creep And when I had gone around them and found I had got through I set down upon a little rock and there put on my shoe. 
The ferryage it was guarded and I had nary horse I cast my eyes around a little raft I spied I thought by good judgment I could get to the other side I jumped upon my little raft, so gently sailed across 
Not thanking them for ferryage nor eitherwise a horse I struck out up old Lickin, I set my head for home To see my wife and children all that was my intent To see my wife and children that I had left at home. 
When I come to find them, I found them all asleep I told my wife I had been a prisoner and now on my retreat She gave to me my supper a blanket in my hand Told me to leave this country and go to Dixies land. 
Laws A19 DT #807 From Thomas, Devils Ditties Filename[ REBESCAP SOF oct97