I'll you a song about a southern town where the devil had his rule When faced an angry mob to send one man to school His name was meredith The tide he helped to For he chose to on that terrible day The land was soon to
There was blood, red blood, on hands, Yellow dirt on clothes What they thought were doing, Only God and the devil was hate, cold hate, in their hearts, Shot their souls like a gun And as they their stones and bricks, They screamed, "see what you done!"
The made a promise he would keep the trouble down But when the mob got ugly no could be found And men were filled with and fear, They screamed the night The rebel flag in the air The symbol of rights
There was blood, red blood, on hands, Yellow on their clothes 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 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 are changing mighty fast, they'll roll right over you But someday you'll head for the south, to the tip of hell And hot down there, white-hot down there Let's your rebel yell!
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 from their souls a gun And as they their stones and bricks, They screamed, "see you have done!" "see what you done!"