KenpoTex
Senior Master
The Walking Rifleman
By Joe Sledge
When a man takes his rifle a walkin'
it adds not a bit to his load.
It makes him in fact somewhat lighter,
for he walks as a free man, unbowed.
When a man takes his rifle a walkin',
he's master of all he can see.
A good man won't abuse the position,
for a master's a fine thing to be.
When a man takes his rifle a walkin',
he'll keep his eye sharp, his wits keen.
That's not just a tart he's escortin'.
No, that lady beside him's a queen.
When a man takes his rifle a walkin',
its condition doesn't matter to me.
He can load it however he chooses
so long as he lives by Rule Three.
When a man takes his rifle a walkin'
and he needs a second shot quick,
he'll be glad of the time spent on homework, that he mastered reflexive bolt-flick.
When a man takes his rifle a walkin'
and he's hunting, to feed him and his,
well, he's living the way God intended,
and that's just the way that it is.
When a man takes his rifle a walkin',
as some say he should not be allowed,
well, they'd better be saying it softly, for a man with a rifle is proud.
So if you take your rifle a walkin',
realize what you're saying, my friend.
You're saying that you are a free man
and woe be to him who butts in.
So let's take our rifles a walkin',
with pride - defiance if need.
If we don't want to be the last riflemen we've got to re-sow freedom's seed.
Yes, let's take our rifles a walkin',
and we'll walk in the light, so they'll see.
And if they come to tell us we cannot,
then we'll water the Liberty Tree.
By Joe Sledge
When a man takes his rifle a walkin'
it adds not a bit to his load.
It makes him in fact somewhat lighter,
for he walks as a free man, unbowed.
When a man takes his rifle a walkin',
he's master of all he can see.
A good man won't abuse the position,
for a master's a fine thing to be.
When a man takes his rifle a walkin',
he'll keep his eye sharp, his wits keen.
That's not just a tart he's escortin'.
No, that lady beside him's a queen.
When a man takes his rifle a walkin',
its condition doesn't matter to me.
He can load it however he chooses
so long as he lives by Rule Three.
When a man takes his rifle a walkin'
and he needs a second shot quick,
he'll be glad of the time spent on homework, that he mastered reflexive bolt-flick.
When a man takes his rifle a walkin'
and he's hunting, to feed him and his,
well, he's living the way God intended,
and that's just the way that it is.
When a man takes his rifle a walkin',
as some say he should not be allowed,
well, they'd better be saying it softly, for a man with a rifle is proud.
So if you take your rifle a walkin',
realize what you're saying, my friend.
You're saying that you are a free man
and woe be to him who butts in.
So let's take our rifles a walkin',
with pride - defiance if need.
If we don't want to be the last riflemen we've got to re-sow freedom's seed.
Yes, let's take our rifles a walkin',
and we'll walk in the light, so they'll see.
And if they come to tell us we cannot,
then we'll water the Liberty Tree.
