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 meredith The he helped to turn For he chose to stay on that day The land was soon to
was blood, red blood, on their hands, Yellow on their clothes What they they were doing, God and the devil knows There was hate, cold hate, in hearts, Shot from their like a gun And as they threw stones and bricks, They screamed, "see you have done!"
The governor made a he would keep the trouble down But the mob got ugly no troopers could be found And men were filled hate and fear, screamed into the night The rebel flag in the air The symbol of rights
There was blood, red blood, on hands, dirt on their clothes What they they were doing, Only God and the knows was hate, cold hate, in their hearts, Shot from souls like a gun And as they threw stones and bricks, They screamed, "see what you done!"
Gas was fired into the mob after attack And though the gas was running low, never fired back And when the smoke had 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 mighty fast, they'll roll right over you But you'll head for the south, to the southern tip of hell And it's hot there, white-hot down there Let's hear rebel yell!
There was blood, red blood, on hands, Yellow dirt on their What thought they were doing, Only God and the devil There was hate, cold hate, in hearts, Shot from souls like a gun And as they their stones and bricks, screamed, "see what you have done!" "see what you done!"