Story Behind the Song
On the grounds of the famous Saratoga Battlefield there stands a monument to a leg. This leg, more than any other body part (save Washington's teeth), guided our fledgling nation through a most difficult birth. All hail the leg of Benedict Arnold!
Lyrics
There's a shrine on a lonely hillside
but the shrine is not a grave.
No, the shrine on this lonely hillside is
to Benedict Arnold's LEG!
One Good Leg! One Good Leg!
Put your ear to the ground, hear the sound of Benedict Arnold's leg.
On the grounds of Saratoga, NY
it was destiny they say.
Shining bright, cast in a golden light,
Benedict's Leg led the way!
One good leg, the republic saved.
Put your ear to the ground, hear the sound,
of Benedict's famous leg...
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