The Ballad Of Jessica Lynch

(To the Tune of Davy Crocket)



Born on a mountain top in West Virginia

Poorest state in the land of the free

Raised in the woods so she knew ev'ry tree

Wrestled with her brother ever since she was only three

Jessica, Jessica Lynch, Queen of the Iraqi Campaign!



In 2002 she up and enlisted,

Joining the army is what she knows,

hoping to be a teacher someday

Didn’t take her long to teach

them Iraqis there’ll be hell to pay

So she shoulders her rifle an' off she goes!

Jessica, Jessica Lynch, the girl sure showed no fear!



Off through the desert she's adrivin' along

Makin' up yarns an' a singin' a song

Itchin' fer fightin' an' rightin' a wrong

Her convoy was ambushed, but the American fight sure is strong

Jessica, Jessica Lynch, fightin’ them off like that famed buckskin buccaneer!



Tommy Franks is our general's name,

Supplying his soldiers brought Jessica to fame

Them Iraqi varmints us volunteers'll tame

'cause we got the bombs with the sure-fire aim

Jessica, Jessica Lynch, Queen of the Iraqi Campaign!



Headed to war from the ol' home place

Because Saddam was makin’ us give chase

Fightin' an' burnin' at a devil's pace

South from the swamps of Basra she race

Jessica, Jessica Lynch, trackin’ old Saddam down!



Fought bravely and heroicly thru the second Gulf War

till the Iraqis was whipped an' peace was in store

An' while she was handlin' this risky chore

Made herself a legend for evermore

Jessica, Jessica Lynch, Queen of the Iraqi Campaign!



President Bush give his word and he give his hand

that our Iraqi friends could keep their land

An' the US took the stand

that justice was due every Iraqi band

Jessica, Jessica Lynch, Fightin’ to keep that promise dear!





Now that gal is coming home from war

She fought the fight we’d all couldn’t ignore

An American hero was just what we needed

Right up there with Davy Crockett who never heeded

Jessica, Jessica Lynch, the girl who don’t know no fear!



Her land is biggest an' her land is best

From grassy plains to the mountain crest

She’s ahead of us all meetin' the test

Followin' Davey’s legend into the west

Jessica, Jessica Lynch, Queen of the Iraqi Campaign!