Judy Cook, Folksinger

Tenting Tonight

As Sung By Judy Cook

We’re tenting tonight on the old campground
Give us a song to cheer
Our weary hearts: a song of home
And friends we love so dear.

chorus:
Many are the hearts that are weary tonight
Wishing for the war to cease
Many are the hearts longing for the right
To see the dawn of peace.
Tenting tonight, tenting tonight,
Tenting on the old campground.
Tenting tonight, tenting tonight,
Tenting on the old campground.

We’ve been tenting tonight on the old campground
Thinking of days gone by.
Of the loved ones at home who gave us the hand
And the tear that said goodbye.

We are tired of war on the old campground
Many are dead and gone
Of the brave and true who’ve left their homes
Others been wounded long.

We’ve been fighting today on the old campground
Many are lying near.
Some are dead. Some are dying.
Many are in tears.


Dying tonight, dying tonight
Dying on the old campground.