?[00:05.58]It was back in nineteen forty two
[00:08.38]I was a member of a good platoon
[00:11.19]We were on maneuvers in a Loozianna
[00:13.69]One night by the light of the moon
[00:16.59]The captain told us to ford a river
[00:19.52]That's how it all begun
[00:21.76]We were knee deep in the Big Muddy
[00:24.82]But the big fool said to push on
[00:31.59]The Sergeant said Sir are you sure
[00:34.09]This is the best way back to the base
[00:37.00]Sergeant go on I forded this river
[00:39.73]Bout a mile above this place
[00:42.09]It'll be a little soggy but just keep slogging
[00:45.15]We'll soon be on dry ground
[00:47.48]We were waist deep in the Big Muddy
[00:50.57]And the big fool said to push on
[00:57.12]The Sergeant said Sir with all this equipment
[01:00.13]No man will be able to swim
[01:02.69]Sergeant don't be a Nervous Nellie
[01:05.27]The Captain said to him
[01:07.62]All we need is a little determination
[01:10.61]Men follow me I'll lead on
[01:13.03]We were neck deep in the Big Muddy
[01:16.16]And the big fool said to push on
[01:22.65]All at once the moon clouded over
[01:25.38]We heard a gurgling cry
[01:28.12]A few seconds later the captain's helmet
[01:30.84]Was all that floated by
[01:33.53]The Sergeant said Turn around men
[01:36.14]I'm in charge from now on
[01:38.62]And we just made it out of the Big Muddy
[01:41.17]With the captain dead and gone
[01:43.73]We stripped and dived and found his body
[01:46.61]Stuck in the old quicksand
[01:49.32]I guess he didn't know that the water was deeper
[01:51.83]Than the place he'd once before been
[01:54.57]Another stream had joined the Big Muddy
[01:57.10]About a half mile from where we'd gone
[01:59.57]We were lucky to escape from the Big Muddy
[02:02.41]When the big fool said to push on
[02:08.59]Well I'm not going to point any moral
[02:11.30]I'll leave that for yourself
[02:14.00]Maybe you're still walking you're still talking
[02:17.07]You'd like to keep your health
[02:19.53]But every time I read the papers
[02:22.13]That old feeling comes on
[02:24.45]We're waist deep in the Big Muddy
[02:27.52]And the big fool says to push on
[02:30.47]Waist deep in the Big Muddy
[02:32.56]And the big fool says to push on
[02:35.41]Waist deep in the Big Muddy
[02:37.57]And the big fool says to push on
[02:40.53]Waist deep Neck deep Soon even a
[02:43.01]Tall man'll be over his head we're
[02:45.68]Waist deep in the Big Muddy
[02:47.73]And the big fool says to push on