Tramp! Tramp! Tramp!

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Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! (The Prisoner's Hope) was one of the most popular songs of the Civil War . George F. Root wrote both the lyrics and the melody and published the song in 1864 to give hope to the captured Northern soldiers . The song describes the captivity of a soldier from his point of view. The chorus assures the prisoner that hope is near.

The song has been parodied many times. Its melody is also used for the Irish, patriotic song God Save Ireland , as well as in the nursery rhyme Jesus Loves the Little Children and in Ernst Busch's Ami - go home! .

Text and translation
First verse:

In the prison cell I sit,
Thinking Mother dear, of you,
And our bright and happy home so far away,
And the tears they fill my eyes
Spite of all that I can do,
Tho 'I try to cheer my comrades and be gay .

In the prison cell I sit,
Mother, dear, think of you,
And our bright and happy home so far away
And the tears, they fill my eyes,
Despite everything I can do,
Although I try to cheer up my comrades and be happy.

Refrain:

Tramp, tramp, tramp, the boys are marching,
Cheer up comrades they will come,
And beneath the starry flag
We shall breathe the air again,
Of the freeland in our own beloved home.

Tramp, tramp, tramp, the boys are marching,
Be hopeful comrades, they will come,
And under the star-covered flag
we shall breathe the air again,
The free land of our beloved homeland.

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