| Song | The Why And The Wherefore |
| Artist | Tennessee Ernie Ford |
| Album | Sings Civil War Songs Of The North |
| [00:05.553] | Where, where‚ where and where |
| [00:07.874] | And where are you bound‚ young man? |
| [00:10.460] | I'm off to the war with good men and true |
| [00:12.907] | And hadn't you better come along too? |
| [00:15.526] | I speak my mind quite freely |
| [00:18.137] | Now, really |
| [00:20.697] | |
| [00:26.441] | Why, why‚ why and why |
| [00:28.628] | And why to the war, young man? |
| [00:31.112] | Did a man ever fight for a holier cause |
| [00:33.804] | Than freedom and flag and equal love |
| [00:36.224] | Just speak your mind quite freely |
| [00:38.634] | Now really |
| [00:41.068] | |
| [00:46.997] | Which‚ which, which, and which |
| [00:49.482] | And which is the flag of the free? |
| [00:51.726] | Oh, Washington's flag with the stripes and the stars |
| [00:54.591] | Will you give such name to the thing with the bars? |
| [00:57.209] | I speak my mind quite freely |
| [00:59.539] | Now, really |
| [01:02.477] | |
| [01:07.718] | Who, who, who, and who |
| [01:09.986] | And who goes with you to the war? |
| [01:12.597] | Ten thousand brave lads and if they should stay here |
| [01:18.534] | The girls would cry shame and the they'd volunteer |
| [01:28.705] | They speak their minds quite freely |
| [01:32.873] | Now, really |
| [01:35.272] | |
| [01:40.952] | When, when, when, and when |
| [01:43.497] | And when do you mean to come back? |
| [01:46.147] | When rebellion is crushed and the Union restored |
| [01:51.670] | And freedom is safe, then, please the Lord |
| [01:55.824] | I speak my mind quite freely |
| [02:01.087] | Now, really |
| [00:05.553] | Where, where where and where |
| [00:07.874] | And where are you bound young man? |
| [00:10.460] | I' m off to the war with good men and true |
| [00:12.907] | And hadn' t you better come along too? |
| [00:15.526] | I speak my mind quite freely |
| [00:18.137] | Now, really |
| [00:20.697] | |
| [00:26.441] | Why, why why and why |
| [00:28.628] | And why to the war, young man? |
| [00:31.112] | Did a man ever fight for a holier cause |
| [00:33.804] | Than freedom and flag and equal love |
| [00:36.224] | Just speak your mind quite freely |
| [00:38.634] | Now really |
| [00:41.068] | |
| [00:46.997] | Which which, which, and which |
| [00:49.482] | And which is the flag of the free? |
| [00:51.726] | Oh, Washington' s flag with the stripes and the stars |
| [00:54.591] | Will you give such name to the thing with the bars? |
| [00:57.209] | I speak my mind quite freely |
| [00:59.539] | Now, really |
| [01:02.477] | |
| [01:07.718] | Who, who, who, and who |
| [01:09.986] | And who goes with you to the war? |
| [01:12.597] | Ten thousand brave lads and if they should stay here |
| [01:18.534] | The girls would cry shame and the they' d volunteer |
| [01:28.705] | They speak their minds quite freely |
| [01:32.873] | Now, really |
| [01:35.272] | |
| [01:40.952] | When, when, when, and when |
| [01:43.497] | And when do you mean to come back? |
| [01:46.147] | When rebellion is crushed and the Union restored |
| [01:51.670] | And freedom is safe, then, please the Lord |
| [01:55.824] | I speak my mind quite freely |
| [02:01.087] | Now, really |