John Riley-Tim O'Brien

[ti:John Riley] [ar:Tim O'Brien] [al:The Crossing] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.94]John Riley - Tim O'Brien [00:01.97] [00:20.08]John Riley came form Galway town in the years of the Irish hunger [00:25.18] [00:26.35]And he sailed away to America when the country was much younger [00:31.09] [00:32.90]The place was strange and work was scarce and all he knew was farming [00:38.11] [00:39.14]So he followed his other Irish friends to a job in the US Army [00:43.91] [00:45.28]Adventure calls and some men run and this is their sad story [00:50.30] [00:51.14]Some get drunk on demon rum and some get drunk on glory [00:57.15] [01:02.24]They marched down Texas way to the banks of the Rio Grande [01:07.28] [01:08.13]They built a fort on the banks above to taunt old Santa Anna [01:13.47] [01:14.14]They were treated bad paid worse and then the fighting started [01:19.01] [01:20.10]The more they fought the less they thought of the damned old US Army [01:24.55] [01:26.14]Adventure calls and some men run and this is their sad story [01:30.62] [01:31.88]Some get drunk on demon rum and some get drunk on glory [01:37.86] [01:53.73]When the church bells rang on Sunday morn it set his soul a shiver [01:58.57] [01:59.57]He saw the Senoritas washing their hair on the far side of the river [02:04.82] [02:08.01]John Riley and two hundred more Irish mercenaries [02:14.23]Cast their lot right or not south of the Rio Grande [02:19.68] [02:20.32]Adventure calls and some men run and this is their sad story [02:26.18]Some get drunk on demon rum and some get drunk on glory [02:31.77] [02:48.52]They fought bravely under the flag of the San Patricios [02:53.23] [02:54.36]Till the Yankees soldiers beat them down at the battle of Churubusco [03:00.06] [03:01.60]Then fifteen men were whipped like mules [03:04.12]And on the cheeks were hot iron branded [03:06.20] [03:07.59]Made to dig the graves of fifty more who a hanging fate had handed [03:13.06] [03:13.59]Adventure calls and some men run and this is their sad story [03:19.46]Some get drunk on demon rum and some get drunk on glory [03:24.99] [03:57.59]John Riley stands and drinks alone at a bar in Vera Cruz [04:02.61] [04:03.78]He wonders if it matters much if you win or if you lose [04:09.69] [04:11.00]I'm a man who can't go home a wanderer says he [04:15.24] [04:16.91]A victim of some wanderlust and divided loyalty [04:22.03] [04:23.26]Adventure calls and some men run and this is their sad story [04:29.09]Some get drunk on demon rum and some get drunk on glory [04:35.18]Adventure calls and some men run and this is their sad story [04:39.68] [04:40.78]Some get drunk on demon rum and some get drunk on glory