I'll sing you a song about a southern town where the devil had his When marshalls faced an angry mob to one man to school His name was jimmy The tide he to turn For he to stay on that terrible day The was soon to learn
There was blood, red blood, on hands, Yellow dirt on clothes What they thought were doing, Only God and the knows was hate, cold hate, in their hearts, Shot from their souls a gun And as threw their stones and bricks, They screamed, "see you have done!"
The made a promise he would keep the trouble down But when the mob got ugly no troopers be found And men were with hate and fear, They screamed the night The flag waved in the air The symbol of rights
There was blood, red blood, on hands, dirt on their clothes What they thought were doing, Only God and the knows was hate, cold hate, in their hearts, Shot their souls like a gun And as they threw stones and bricks, screamed, "see what you have done!"
Gas was fired the mob after each attack And though the gas was low, they never fired back And when the smoke had cleared and the felt it's pain Two men dead and a hundred bled The had risen again
So mr barnet, and mr walker, too The times are mighty fast, they'll roll right over you But someday you'll for the south, to the southern tip of hell And it's hot down there, white-hot down hear your rebel yell!
There was blood, red blood, on hands, dirt on their clothes What they thought they doing, Only God and the devil There was hate, hate, in their hearts, Shot from souls like a gun And as they threw stones and bricks, screamed, "see what you have done!" "see you have done!"