#Standup #Washington ( #Ballad Of #GeorgeWashington ) #songvideo

#youngwashington Lyrics: [Verse 1] Born in Virginia clay, By the river and the pine, A young man learned the weather By the sweat line and the plow line. He rode out hard and early, With the winter in his chest, And every road that took him far Still pulled him to the test. [Pre-Chorus] Then the powder smoke rolled in, And the old world started shaking, He held the line through fire and rain, With the whole frontier waking. [Chorus] Stand up, Washington Stand up, Washington Virginia made you strong And you held the stubborn dawn Stand up, Washington Stand up, Washington When the crown came pressing down You would not bow down [Verse 2] He wore the rank with grit, In the French and Indian War, From fifty-four to sixty-three He learned what soldiers are. Then Burgesses called his name, And he sat among the men, Still hearing farm and river towns And the tax chains closing in. He saw the king from far away, And the price of every mile, So he stood with hungry colonists And a jaw set hard as steel. [Pre-Chorus] When the world had split in two, And the streets were full of warning, He was already walking on Toward the morning. [Chorus] Stand up, Washington Stand up, Washington Virginia made you strong And you held the stubborn dawn Stand up, Washington Stand up, Washington When the crown came pressing down You would not bow down [Bridge] Seventeen seventy-five The break was finally here The whole long river of the fight Cut through the fear They named him commander-in-chief And he took the heavy oath With a thousand trembling fires He carried both [Breakdown] Boston winter, white with smoke March victory, iron hope He turned that siege into a sign That the nation could survive [Final Chorus] Stand up, Washington Stand up, Washington Virginia made you strong And you held the stubborn dawn Stand up, Washington Stand up, Washington From the colony to the fight You led us into light Stand up, Washington Stand up, Washington History learned your name In the rise and in the flame