[tacticalogic]

We fired our cannon ‘til the barrel melted down
So we grabbed an alligator and we fought another round
We filled his head with cannon balls, and powdered his behind
And when we touched the powder off the gator lost his mind

We fired our guns and the British kept a-comin’
There wasn’t nigh as many as there was a while ago
We fired once more and they begin to runnin’
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico

[Binstence]

Without question the best weapon song has to be “Delilah” by Tom Jones and maybe “Mack the Knife” by Bobby Darin but I am going to say this time that the Kossoy Sister’s version of Maybell Carter’s “On the Banks of the Ohio” packs the greatest punch. I was shocked the first time I heard it, thinking, “Did I really just hear that?” Spooky. Amazing country harmony on their recording.

Banks Of The Ohio (Lyrics from the Johnny Cash version)
Songwriters: Maybelle Carter

I asked my love to take a walk
Take a walk just a little ways
And as we walked, along we talk
All would be our wedding day

And only say that you’ll be mine
In no others arms entwined
Down beside where the waters flow
Down by the banks of the Ohio

I asked her if she’d marry me
And my wife forever be
She only turned her head away
And had no other words to say

And only say that you’ll be mine
In no others arms entwined
Down beside where the waters flow
Down by the banks of the Ohio

I plunged a knife into her breast
And told her she was going to rest

She cried “Oh Willy, don’t murder me
I’m not prepared for eternity”

I took her by her golden curls
And drug her down to the river side
And there I threw her into drown
And I watched her as she floated down

And only say that you’ll be mine
In no others arms entwined
Down beside where the waters flow
Down by the banks of the Ohio

And going home between twelve and one
I cried “Oh Lord, what have I’ve done?”
I’ve killed the only girl I love
Because she would not marry me

And only say that you’ll be mine
In no others arms entwined
Down beside where the waters flow
Down by the banks of the Ohio

[ChildOfThe60s]

32-20 Blues

My all time favorite by Robert Johnson

Not just his version, but some great covers by:

Chain (my favorite cover); Peter Green; The Flamin’ Groovies; John Hammond

‘F I send for my baby, and she don’t come
‘F I send for my baby, man, and she don’t come
All the doctors in Hot Springs1 sure can’t help her none

And if she gets unruly, thinks she don’t wan’ do
And if she gets unruly and thinks she don’t wan’ do
Take my 32-20, now, and cut her half in two

She got a .38 special but I believe it’s most too light
She got a .38 special but I believe it’s most too light
I got a 32-20, got to make the caps2 alright

If I send for my baby, man, and she don’t come
If I send for my baby, man, and she don’t come
All the doctors in Hot Springs sure can’t help her none

I’m gonna shoot my pistol, gonna shoot my gatling gun3
I’m gonna shoot my pistol, gotta shoot my gatling gun
You made me love you, now your man have come

Ahoh, baby, where you stayed last night
Ahah, baby, where you stayed last night
You got your hair all tangled and you ain’t talking right

Her .38 special, boys, it do very well
Her .38 special, boys, it do very well
I got a 32-20 now, and it’s a burning

If I send for my baby, man, and she don’t come
If I send for my baby, man, and she don’t come
All the doctors in Wisconsin4 sure can’t help her none

Hey, hey, baby, where you stayed last night
Hey, hey, baby, where you stayed last night
You didn’t come home until the sun was shining bright

Ahoh boy, I just can’t take my rest
Ahoh boy, I just can’t take my rest
With this 32-20 laying up and down my breast

[paul in cape]

Roland, the Headless Thompson Gunner......Warren Zevon.

[Mears]

Maxwell’s SIlver Hammer————Beatles

[PlateOfShrimp]

Drop the Bomb, by Trouble Funk
Catapult, by REM
anything by the B-52’s

[PoloSec]

Theme song to Sopranos, Woke Up this Morning

[762X51]

Gimme Back my Bullets. Lynyrd Skynyrd

[workerbee]

Oh my, this is taking me waaaaaaay back to my Baltimore late-teen-early-20s-roots.... my "not so Catholic" girl days....

Kix "Boomerang"

[BudgieRamone]

Scattergun by the Ramones
Big Iron by Marty Robins
Don’t Take Your Guns to Town by Johnny Cash
The Devil’s Right Hand by Steve Earle
Gimme Back My Bullets by Skynrd
Shoot for Thrills either LA Guns or Sweet Pains’ version

Yeah I know some are anti gun but I still like the songs

[Kathy in Alaska]

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[Billthedrill]

Another Skynnrd cut - Gimme Back My Bullets. "Put 'em back where they beloooong."

[atc23]

Pistola y mi Corazon - Los Lobos

Big Iron - Marty Robbins

Carabina Trenta Trenta ( .30 .30 Carbine) - Los Lobos

[Emperor Palpatine]

Fatima, sweetheart.....indulge me but I forgot about this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfRZo7fXeWM

"Bang! Bang! Bang!" from Sammy Cahn's terrific musical "Robin and the Seven Hoods",,,,,,,,done in the clip by the incomparable Sammy Davis Jr.

[Iron Munro]

cry

Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues

When I was just a baby my mama told me, "Son
Always be a good boy, don't ever play with guns"
But I shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die
When I hear the whistle blowin' I hang my head and cry

[Lancey Howard]

Bruce Cockburn - "If I Had A Rocket Launcher" (1984)

[real saxophonist]

A very catchy tune.

That counts as a song...

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hello Veterans, wherever you are!!

[Redcitizen]

Hello Fatima,

Here’s my two shots.

Born to be wild !!!! Whoooo!!!!!

” Fire all of your guns at once and explode into space.... “

And we also got Knocking on Heaven’s Door by ...

Wait for it....

Wait a lil bit more....

Guns N Roses!

” Mama take my guns from me. I can’t shoot em anymore”

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, fatima, for today's Tell Us Your Favorite "Weapons" Song.