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