[00:00.281]pete seeger -Waist Deep In The Big Muddy （Live）
[00:01.862]Written by ：Pete Seeger
[00:05.301]It was back in nineteen forty-two
[00:08.19]I was a member of a good platoon
[00:11.71]We were on maneuvers in a Loozianna
[00:13.492]One night by the light of the moon
[00:16.416]The captain told us to ford a river
[00:19.177]That's how it all begun
[00:21.558]We were knee deep in the Big Muddy
[00:24.520]But the big fool said to push on
[00:31.339]The sergeant said sir are you sure
[00:33.683]This is the best way back to the base
[00:36.817]Sergeant go on I forded this river
[00:39.221]About a mile above this place
[00:41.895]It'll be a little soggy but just keep slogging
[00:44.921]We'll soon be on dry ground
[00:47.355]We were waist deep in the Big Muddy
[00:50.237]And the big fool said to push on
[00:56.963]The sergeant said sir with all this equipment
[00:59.601]No man will be able to swim
[01:02.531]Sergeant don't be a nervous Nellie
[01:05.131]The captain said to him
[01:07.402]All we need is a little determination
[01:10.407]Men follow me I'll lead on
[01:12.902]We were neck deep in the Big Muddy
[01:15.823]And the big fool said to push on
[01:22.596]All at once the moon clouded over
[01:24.952]We heard a gurgling cry
[01:27.960]A few seconds later the captain's helmet
[01:30.614]Was all that floated by
[01:33.116]The sergeant said turn around men
[01:35.810]I'm in charge from now on
[01:38.155]And we just made it out of the Big Muddy
[01:40.762]With the captain dead and gone
[01:43.533]We stripped and dived and found his body
[01:46.525]Stuck in the old quicksand
[01:48.845]I guess he didn't know that the water was deeper
[01:51.462]Than the place he'd once before been
[01:54.435]Another stream had joined the Big Muddy
[01:56.778]About a half mile from where we'd gone
[01:59.463]We were lucky to escape from the Big Muddy
[02:02.76]When the big fool said to push on
[02:08.679]Well I'm not going to point any moral
[02:11.90]I'll leave that for yourself
[02:13.696]Maybe you're still walking
[02:15.288]You're still talking
[02:16.821]You'd like to keep your health
[02:19.95]But every time I read the papers
[02:21.918]That old feeling comes on
[02:24.389]We're waist deep in the Big Muddy
[02:27.172]And the big fool says to push on
[02:30.139]Waist deep in the Big Muddy
[02:32.96]And the big fool says to push on
[02:35.18]Waist deep in the Big Muddy
[02:37.279]And the big fool says to push on
[02:39.941]Waist deep neck deep
[02:42.110]Soon even a
[02:42.811]Tall man'll be over his head
[02:44.669]We're waist deep in the Big Muddy
[02:47.319]And the big fool says to push on