The Why and the Wherefore Tennessee Ernie Ford

Where, where, where, where
Where are you bound, young man?
I'm off to the war with good men and true
And hadn't you better come along too?
I speak my mind quite freely
Now, really

Why, why, why, why
Why to the war, young man?
Did a man ever fight for a holier cause
Than freedom and flag and equal love
Just speak your mind quite freely
Now really

Which, which, which, and which
And which is the flag of the free?
Oh, Washington's flag with the stripes and the stars
Will you give such name to the thing with the bars?
I speak my mind quite freely
Now, really

Who, who, who, and who
And who goes with you to the war?
Ten thousand brave lads and if they should stay here
The girls would cry shame and they'd volunteer
They speak their minds quite freely
Now, really