I'll sing you a song a southern town where the devil had his rule When marshalls an angry mob to send one man to school His name was meredith The he helped to turn For he to stay on that terrible day The land was to learn
was blood, red blood, on their hands, Yellow dirt on their What thought they were doing, Only God and the devil was hate, cold hate, in their hearts, Shot their souls like a gun And as they threw stones and bricks, They screamed, "see what you done!"
The governor made a promise he would the trouble down But the mob got ugly 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
was blood, red blood, on their hands, Yellow dirt on their they thought they were doing, Only God and the devil There was hate, hate, in their hearts, Shot their souls like a gun And as they threw their and bricks, They screamed, "see what you done!"
Gas was fired the mob after each attack And the gas was running low, they never fired back And when the smoke had and the fury felt it's pain Two men were dead and a hundred The south had again
So mr barnet, and mr walker, too The times are changing mighty fast, they'll roll right you But you'll head for the south, to the southern tip of hell And it's hot down there, white-hot down Let's hear your yell!
was blood, red blood, on their hands, Yellow dirt on their they thought they were doing, Only God and the devil was hate, cold hate, in their hearts, Shot their souls like a gun And as they threw stones and bricks, screamed, "see what you have done!" "see what you done!"