John Brown Wasn’t Crazy 

John Brown wasn’t insane 

John Brown was just making sure everybody all had to learn his name

If something is worth dying for and you know who’s to blame

Ain’t no justifying white people owning slaves

So grab your gun and grab your blade

We’re all going down to John Brown’s Raid

He went west to Kansas, that new territory

Said “I’ll trade you five dead bodies for millions to be free”

Just wait and see out at Potawatomi 

Come with me we’re gonna take that Armory 

John Brown’s going down to Harper’s Ferry

Chorus:

It’s time to took a stand for what is right

If it’s what they want, we’ll give them a fight

We’re loading up on Pistols and Pikes

John Brown’s Raid is going down tonight

Snuffing out our torches we’re running through the brush

Praying to our father 25 people is enough

'Cause if things get rough come to fisticuffs gonna see who’s the toughest man

Slitting People’s throats with Beecher Bibles in our hands

Murphy’s law says Revolutions never goes as planned

John Brown’s trying to make y'all Understand

Tattered our hopes were shattered.  They dispatched the marines

They’re calling in that Calvary lead by Robert E. Lee

I guess fighting for freedom is just Fighting for a fantasy

Oh could it be

Sure there is blood on his hands, but there is blood on the hands of you and me

John Brown’s trying to end Slavery

Chorus

On Hanging Day people were sneaking in just to watch ole John Brown Die

walking to the gallows he’s kissing babies of his admirers

a noose around his neck, his body did expire 

But his soul goes marching higher and higher

A noose around his neck, His body did expire

JOHN BROWN"S SOUL IS MARCHING HIGHER AND HIGHER 

Chorus

John Brown's Raid

This is Carl Banks' self-titled debut album. All ten tracks are original Carl Banks tunes.  This was a group funded project using Kickstarter.  Enjoy and share with your friends.  

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Make Up Your Mind

Lazy Bone Days

Keep Movin

Row Crops

Goodbye

Carl Thanks You

Carl Banks is a melodic nomad, often picking up lyrical ideas from adventures found after scratching the rambling itch. With an open-minded ear for good storytelling and without bias for genre, Carl pools his influences from a wide variety of artists. A musical raggedy man of sorts, he is most comfortable with guitar in hand and blues harp in the rack playing for 1 to 1000.

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