Fish Cheer & I-FEEL-LIKE-I'M-FIXING-TO-DIE RAG

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

"Fish Cheer & I-FEEL-LIKE-I'M-FIXING-TO-DIE RAG"

Joe McDonald
Country Joe and the Fish

Give me an F! F!
Give me an I! I! (At Woodstock, 1969 it was F-U-C-K)
Give me an S! S!
Give me an H! H!

What's that spell? Fish!
repeat
repeat

Yeah!

Come on all you big strong men,
Uncle Sam needs your help again.
He's got himself in a terrible jam,
way down yonder in Vietnam.
So put down your books and pick up a gun,
We're gonna have a whole lot of fun.

Chorus:
And it's 1, 2, 3. What are we fighting for?
Don't ask me. I don't give a damn.
Next stop is Vietnam.
And it's 5, 6, 7. Open up the Pearly Gates!
Why it ain't no time to wonder why.
Whoopee, we're all going to die.

Well come on generals let's move fast,
Your big chance has come at last.
We gotta go out and get those Reds;
The only good Commie is the one that's dead.
And you know that peace can only be won,
When you blow them all to Kingdom come.

Chorus: repeat

Well come on Wall Street don't move slow,
Why man this war's a go go.
There's plenty good money to be made,
By supplying the army with the tools of the trade.
Don't be afraid they'll drop The Bomb.
They'll drop it on the Viet Cong!

Well come on mothers throughout the land,
Pack your boys off to Vietnam.
Come on fathers don't hesitate,
Send them off before it's too late.
Be the first one on your block,
To have your boy come home in a box.

Chorus: repeat