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"Jack Jouett's Ride" lyrics by Tim Sparling & Allen Werneken Listen to the song at http://www.ushistory.com/listen_jack.htm There's something moving in the moonlight June night in 1781 Jack Jouett said, "Sallie, there's British on the road," and he knew what must be done He had to warn Thomas Jefferson and Henry, and Harrison and Nelson Who had just declared their independence from the very ones Who would kill them if they found them there So he just kept riding Forty miles and forever and a road From the Cuckoo down to Charlottesville From Louisa through Virginia Through the Blue Ridge riding still Forty miles and forever and a road Monticello and the swamp from Castle Hill From Louisa through Virginia Through the Blue Ridge riding still Keep riding As the quiet of the first light pushed the night to make the mountain dawn Red Coat Colonel and the Green Dragoons arrived to find them gone There was never a doubt when he and Sallie set out Jack Jouett had a place in time Where one man's will is living still when freedom was on the line So he just kept riding Forty miles and forever and a road From the Cuckoo down to Charlottesville From Louisa through Virginia Through the Blue Ridge riding still Forty miles and forever and a road Monticello and the swamp from Castle Hill From Louisa through Virginia Through the Blue Ridge riding still Keep riding If he was not there that night on the back of that old horse If Jack had decided not to ride From Louisa through Virginia Forty miles and forever and a road From the Cuckoo down to Charlottesville Jack and Sally they had a place When freedom was on the line From Louisa through Virginia Jack he just keeps riding Well Jack keeps riding Still keeps riding Just keep riding music and lyrics by Tim Sparling & Allen Werneken © 1995 by Tim Sparling and Electron Farm Publications .
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