Razors In The Air

Come my love and go with me, come, my love, I’ll meet you;

Take you down to Tennessee, meet you by and by;

Wipe your eye and don’t you cry, Ah, my love, I’ll meet you,

I’ll be back to stop that sigh, meet you by and by.

 

Hoe that corn, Hoe that corn Moses!

Hoe that corn, Moses hoe that corn!

 

Stay away from that window, my love and my dove,

Stay away from that window,don’t you hear?

Oh my yes!

Come some other night, for there’s going to be a fight,

There’ll be razors,a-flashin’ in the air!

 

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     This was a popular American song in the 1890’s, and was taken up instantly by all the mounted troops in English speaking countries, due to the line ‘Razors flashin in the air’-referrring to their swords or lances. I got this from the singing of Dave Alexander of Sydney.