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