[ti:Waist Deep In The Big Muddy] [ar:Pete Seeger] [al:The Essential Pete Seeger] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Waist Deep In The Big Muddy (Live) - Pete Seeger [00:05.59]It was back in nineteen forty-two [00:08.31]I was a member of a good platoon [00:11.40]We were on maneuvers in-a Loozianna [00:13.92]One night by the light of the moon [00:16.74]The captain told us to ford a river [00:19.86]That's how it all begun [00:21.87]We were knee deep in the Big Muddy [00:24.92]But the big fool said to push on [00:31.85]The Sergeant said"Sir are you sure [00:34.16]This is the best way back to the base" [00:37.19]"Sergeant go on I forded this river [00:39.67]'Bout a mile above this place [00:42.37]It'll be a little soggy but just keep slogging [00:45.21]We'll soon be on dry ground" [00:47.66]We were waist deep in the Big Muddy [00:50.79]And the big fool said to push on [00:57.43]The Sergeant said"Sir with all this equipment [00:59.81]No man will be able to swim" [01:02.89]"Sergeant don't be a Nervous Nellie" [01:05.53]The Captain said to him [01:07.77]"All we need is a little determination; [01:10.55]Men follow me I'll lead on" [01:13.25]We were neck deep in the Big Muddy [01:16.45]And the big fool said to push on [01:22.79]All at once the moon clouded over [01:25.43]We heard a gurgling cry [01:28.44]A few seconds later the captain's helmet [01:31.02]Was all that floated by [01:33.75]The Sergeant said"Turn around men [01:36.24]I'm in charge from now on" [01:38.58]And we just made it out of the Big Muddy [01:41.36]With the captain dead and gone [01:43.87]We stripped and dived and found his body [01:46.80]Stuck in the old quicksand [01:49.48]I guess he didn't know that the water was deeper [01:51.81]Than the place he'd once before been [01:54.83]Another stream had joined the Big Muddy [01:57.12]'Bout a half mile from where we'd gone [01:59.78]We were lucky to escape from the Big Muddy [02:02.30]When the big fool said to push on [02:08.93]Well I'm not going to point any moral; [02:11.48]I'll leave that for yourself [02:14.15]Maybe you're still walking you're still talking [02:17.26]You'd like to keep your health [02:19.67]But every time I read the papers [02:22.32]That old feeling comes on; [02:24.69]We're waist deep in the Big Muddy [02:27.62]And the big fool says to push on [02:30.57]Waist deep in the Big Muddy [02:32.73]And the big fool says to push on [02:35.59]Waist deep in the Big Muddy [02:37.74]And the big fool says to push on [02:40.56]Waist deep Neck deep [02:42.46]Soon even a tall man'll be over his head [02:44.89]W're waist deep in the Big Muddy [02:47.84]And the big fool says to push on