I'll sing you a about a southern town where the devil had his rule When marshalls faced an angry mob to send one man to His name was jimmy The tide he to turn For he to stay on that terrible day The land was soon to
was blood, red blood, on their hands, Yellow dirt on clothes they 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 what you done!"
The governor a promise he would keep the trouble down But when the mob got no troopers could be found And men were with hate and fear, screamed into the night The rebel waved in the air The symbol of rights
There was blood, red blood, on hands, Yellow on their clothes What they thought were doing, Only God and the knows There was hate, cold hate, in hearts, from their souls like a gun And as they threw their and bricks, They screamed, "see you have done!"
Gas was into 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 were 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, Yellow dirt on clothes What they thought were doing, Only God and the knows was hate, cold hate, in their hearts, Shot from their like a gun And as they their stones and bricks, They screamed, "see what you done!" "see what you done!"