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