Everybody needs at least one folk song that touches on both indentured
servitude and the battle of Cowpens during the Revolutionary War. Here's one
for you:

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My Father and his kin were Campbell men
They signed their lives away
In a leaky boat on a summer's day
Sailed into Charleston Bay, son
Sailed into Charleston Bay

Tobacco is dry and the mule is old
The signs will point you the way
To cool green hills that tease the eye
Work five years and a day, son
Work five years and a day

Here we come
The Liberty Men
Here we come
The Liberty Men
The landlord heard them singing, as they walked away
Here we come

I was born on the mountain where the laurel grows
And the panther screams in the night
I can read all the signs that the wise ones know
In the moon-beam and fire-light, son
Moon-beam and fire-light

In '76 up in Boston town
They set the world alight
With a Dutch long-rifle and a Cherokee axe
I set my mind to fight, son
I set my mind to fight

Here we come
The Liberty Men
Here we come
The Liberty Men
We heard our sisters singing, as we went away
Here we come

I stood and shook when I saw the red
And we heard their pipers play
Old Danny Morgan had us swear
For two shots we would stay, son
For two shots we would stay

I fired true when the Captain yelled
Then my rifle flew away
I'm a Carolina Rebel and I kept my word
I died right where I lay, son
I died right where I lay

Here we come
The Liberty Men
Here we come
The Liberty Men
I swear I heard them singing, as I slipped away
Here we come