I'll you a song about a southern town where the devil had his rule marshalls faced an angry mob to send one man to school His name was jimmy The tide he helped to For he chose to stay on terrible day The was soon to learn
There was blood, red blood, on hands, dirt on their clothes What they thought were doing, Only God and the devil There was hate, cold hate, in hearts, Shot their souls like a gun And as they threw stones and bricks, They screamed, "see what you done!"
The governor made a he would keep the trouble down But when the mob got ugly no could be found And men were with hate and fear, They screamed into the The rebel flag in the air The symbol of rights
There was blood, red blood, on hands, Yellow on their clothes What they they were doing, God and the devil knows There was hate, cold hate, in hearts, Shot their souls like a gun And as they threw their and bricks, screamed, "see what you have done!"
Gas was into the mob after each attack And though the gas was running low, never fired back And when the 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 changing mighty fast, roll right over you But someday you'll head for the south, to the southern tip of And it's hot down there, down there Let's hear rebel yell!
was blood, red blood, on their hands, Yellow on their clothes What they thought they doing, God and the devil knows There was hate, cold hate, in hearts, Shot from souls like a gun And as they threw their and bricks, They screamed, "see you have done!" "see you have done!"