Passin` through passin` through
Sometimes happy sometimes blue that`s where I ran into you
Tell the people that you saw me passin` through
[ flute ]
I shivered next to Washington one night at Valley Port
Fightin` men suffer like they do
Men will suffer men will fight even die for what is right
Even though they know they`re only passin` through
Passin` through passin` through...
[ banjo ]
At the town of New Orleans the biggest fight I ever seen
Ol` Hickory how you fight the way you do
Had not the way you fight it`s fightin` for the right
I`ve so little time and I`m just passin` through
Passin` through passin` through...
[ trumpet ]
I heard the ragin` cry remembered Alamo Santa Anna you met your Waterloo
Now papa love not hate things to do it`s gettin` late
I`ve so little time and I`m just passin` through
Passin` through passin` through...
Tell the people that you saw me passin` through
Tell the people that you saw me passin` through