I'll sing you a song a southern town where the devil had his rule When marshalls faced an mob to send one man to school His was jimmy meredith The he helped to turn For he chose to on that terrible day The was soon to learn
was blood, red blood, on their hands, Yellow dirt on their What they they were doing, Only God and the devil There was hate, cold hate, in hearts, Shot their souls like a gun And as threw their 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 flag waved in the air The symbol of rights
was blood, red blood, on their hands, Yellow dirt on their they thought they were doing, Only God and the knows There was hate, cold hate, in hearts, Shot from souls like a gun And as they their stones and bricks, They screamed, "see you have done!"
Gas was fired into the mob each attack And though the gas was running low, never fired back And when the smoke had cleared and the fury felt it's Two men were and a hundred bled The had risen again
So mr barnet, and mr walker, too The times are changing mighty fast, 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 there hear your rebel yell!
There was blood, red blood, on hands, Yellow on their clothes What thought they were doing, Only God and the devil There was hate, cold hate, in hearts, Shot their souls like a gun And as they their stones and bricks, They screamed, "see you have done!" "see what you done!"