Ten Thousand Drums Song Lyrics and Chords by Johnny Horton
Ten Thousand Drums
recorded by Johnny Horton written by Mel Tillis & Carl Smith
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redcoats to
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come
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all I hear in my
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frozen ears is
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ten thousand
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Ten thousand
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drums Johnny
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Johnny don't be a
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fraid
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We can whip those
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redcoats
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setting in the
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shade
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Setting in the
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shade
We've
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got the best of
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all the rest of
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ton
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when we meet those
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redcoats
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watch them redcoats
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run
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Throwing down their
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throwing down their
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Listen listen
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Johnny better get your
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gun
Cause
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there ain't wooden
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soldiers
be
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hind ten thousand
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Be
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hind ten thousand
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Running running
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Johnny watch them
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run
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We finally whip those
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redcoats
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finally stop those
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We
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stopped ten thousand
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We're the best of
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all the rest such
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Yankee son of a
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guns
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We can tell our
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mommies
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how we made them
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run throwing down their drums
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going down their
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Ten thousand
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FAQ
Who sang the the song Ten Thousand Drums?
- The song Ten Thousand Drums was sang by Johnny Horton.
Who is Johnny Horton?
- John LaGale Horton (April 30, 1925 - November 5, 1960) was an American country music, honky tonk and rockabilly singer and musician, during the 1950s and early 1960s, best known for his saga songs that became international hits beginning with the 1959 single "The Battle of New Orleans", which was awarded the 1960 Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Recording. The song was awarded the Grammy Hall of Fame Award and in 2001 ranked No. 333 of the Recording Industry Association of America's "Songs of the Century". His first No. 1 country song was in 1959, "When It's Springtime in Alaska (It's Forty Below)".
Horton's music usually encompassed folk ballads based on American historic themes and legend. He had two successes in 1960 with both "Sink the Bismarck" and "North to Alaska," the latter utilized over the opening credits to the John Wayne film of the same name. Horton died in November 1960 at the peak of his fame in a traffic collision, less than two years after his breakthrough. Horton is a member of the Rockabilly Hall of Fame and the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame.
