Album: 1776: The New Broadway Cast Recording

Momma Look Sharp

Courier:

Momma, hey momma, come lookin' for me

I'm here in the meadow by the red maple tree

Momma, hey momma, look sharp, here I be

Hey, hey, momma look sharp

Them soldiers, they fired. Oh ma, did we run

But then we turned round and the battle begun

Then I went under, oh ma, am I done?

Hey, hey, momma look sharp

My eyes are wide open, my face to the sky

Is that you I'm hearin' in the tall grass nearby?

Momma come find me before I do die

Hey, hey, momma look sharp

All:

I'll close your eyes, my Billy

Them eyes that cannot see

And I'll bury you, my Billy

Beneath the maple tree

Courier:

And never again will you whisper to me

Hey, hey, momma look sharp