The Puritan-Ray Cooper

[ti:The Puritan] [ar:Ray Cooper] [al:Tales Of Love War & Death By Hanging] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.42]The Puritan - Ray Cooper [00:01.87]Written by：Trad [00:02.60] [00:14.41]I filled my saddlebags with corn [00:17.57] [00:18.13]And bid my home goodbye [00:20.16] [00:21.82]I set out for the west [00:24.83] [00:26.03]With the flaming sun [00:27.64] [00:28.49]In my eyes [00:29.92] [00:31.14]A sword and a bible by my side [00:35.46] [00:38.39]I joined a regiment of horse [00:42.00]And with them I did go [00:43.74] [00:45.43]We roared up hills and over dales [00:49.04] [00:50.07]As we hunted down [00:52.28]Our frightened foe [00:53.80] [00:54.95]And the Lord have mercy on their souls [00:59.15] [01:02.71]I've seen castles torn down [01:05.56] [01:07.38]Villages alight and cattle burn [01:10.43] [01:11.87]I've listened to the tolling of the gun [01:15.77] [01:16.43]And the clash of steel [01:18.61]As morning comes [01:20.03] [01:21.23]And the Lord's seen all that I have done [01:25.05] [01:33.71]They gave me a house in lieu of pay [01:37.23]With fine grazing land [01:39.17] [01:40.68]A river of silver running through [01:44.24] [01:45.00]It was a paradise [01:47.38]That I had found [01:48.85] [01:50.07]And the Lord led me to this chosen ground [01:54.59] [01:57.61]But when I hear the crying of a child [02:00.89] [02:02.68]I still hear the rattle of the drum [02:05.43] [02:07.18]And see the shadows hanging in the trees [02:10.46] [02:11.62]And a smell of burning follows me [02:14.90] [02:16.48]And the Lord's seen all that I have done [02:20.53] [02:24.02]But Jesus was always on our side [02:27.50] [02:28.72]A sword of righteousness hung in the sky [02:31.79] [02:33.38]We sang a hymn to make the cowards turn [02:36.53] [02:37.61]And then we cut them down [02:39.70] [02:40.25]As they did run [02:41.34] [02:43.13]And the Lord's seen all that I have done