I'll sing you a song a southern town where the devil had his rule When marshalls faced an angry mob to one man to school His was jimmy meredith The he helped to turn For he chose to stay on terrible day The was soon to learn
There was blood, red blood, on hands, dirt on their clothes What they thought they doing, Only God and the devil There was hate, hate, in their hearts, Shot from souls like a gun And as they their stones and bricks, They screamed, "see you have done!"
The governor a promise he would keep the trouble down But when the mob got no troopers could be found And men were filled hate and fear, screamed into the night The rebel flag in the air The of state's rights
was blood, red blood, on their hands, Yellow dirt on clothes What they they were doing, Only God and the devil There was hate, hate, in their hearts, Shot from their like a gun And as they threw stones and bricks, They screamed, "see what you 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 fury it's pain Two men were dead and a hundred The south had risen
So mr barnet, and mr walker, too The times are changing mighty fast, they'll roll right you But someday head 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 dirt on their they thought they were doing, Only God and the devil was hate, cold hate, in their hearts, Shot from their souls a gun And as they their stones and bricks, They screamed, "see you have done!" "see what you done!"