Music for the study of the Vietnam War
collected by John J. Fitzgerald
Longmeadow High School
Longmeadow, MA 01106
(not to be sold)

"I Ain't Marchin' Anymore"

I marched to the battle of New Orleans
At the end of the early British war
A young land was a-growin,
the young blood started flowin'

But I ain't marchin' anymore

I killed my share of Indians in a thousand different fights
I was there at the Little Big Horn
I saw many men a-lyin',
I saw many more a-dyin'

But I ain't marchin' anymore
Cause it's always the old who lead us off to war
Always the young to fall
Take a look at what we've won with a sabre and a gun
Tell me, was it worth it all?

And I stole California from the Mexican land
I fought in the bloody Civil War
I even killed my brothers & so many others

But I ain't......

And I marched to the battle of the German Trench
In the war that was bound to end all war
I must have killed a million men & now they want me back again

But I ain't........

And I flew the final mission over Japanese skies
Set off that mighty mushroom roar
When I saw those cities burnin', I knew that I was learnin' that

But I ain't marchin'..........

Now the Congressmen are screamin' as they close the missile plant
United Fruit screams at the Cuban shore
Call it peace or call it treason, call it love or call it reason

But I ain't marchin' anymore.

Written and performed by Phil Ochs
1964 Appleseed Music Inc.