The-Battles-of-Lexington-and-Concord.mp3
The-Battles-of-Lexington-and-Concord.mp4
The-Battles-of-Lexington-and-Concord-Pt-2.mp3
The-Battles-of-Lexington-and-Concord-Pt-2.mp4
The-Battles-of-Lexington-and-Concord-Unplugged-Underground-XXVII.mp3
The-Battles-of-Lexington-and-Concord-Unplugged-Underground-XXVII.mp4
The-Battles-of-Lexington-and-Concord-intro.mp3
[Intro]
Ignited the revolution
(United a nation)
[Refrain]
A victory
(For all to see)
A victory
(We’ve come to be)
[Bridge]
Free (… eeeeee…)
The Battles of Lexington and Concord
(Shot heard round he world)
Our flag unfurled
Ignited the revolution
(United a nation)
[Refrain]
A victory
(For all to see)
A victory
(We’ve come to be)
We! (We, e, e, e)
[Bridge]
(Bang!)
Free (… eeeeee…)
Our flag unfurled
Shot!
(Shot heard round he world)
Ignited the revolution
(United a nation)
[Refrain]
A victory
(For all to see)
A victory
(We’ve come to be)
We! (We, e, e, e)
Dang!
[Outro]
(Bang!)
Free (… eeeeee…)
Have you heard the word
(Conquered “The Sword”)
Our flag unfurled
(The Battles of Lexington and Concord)
Shot!
(Shot heard round he world)
Ignited the revolution
(United a nation)
The story (of our history)
Never grows old
(Shot heard round he world)
The rebels sang:
(Bang!)
ABOUT THE SONG
The Battles of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775, were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War, starting when British troops marched to seize colonial arms in Concord, Massachusetts. Colonists, warned by riders like Paul Revere, mobilized their militias. After an initial skirmish at Lexington where eight militiamen were killed, the British faced heavy resistance at Concord’s North Bridge and were ambushed repeatedly by colonial forces during their retreat to Boston, suffering significant casualties and marking an American victory that ignited the revolution.
“The shot heard ’round the world” refers to the opening shot of the battles of Lexington and Concord. The phrase, coined by Ralph Waldo Emerson in his 1837 poem Concord Hymn, signifies that this event signaled the start of armed conflict against Great Britain and the beginning of the fight for American independence, which would spread globally.
From the album “In the Rough“