I'll sing you a song about a 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 stay on terrible day The land was soon to
There was blood, red blood, on hands, dirt on their clothes What thought they were doing, Only God and the devil was hate, cold hate, in their hearts, Shot from souls like a gun And as threw their 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 filled hate and fear, They screamed into the The rebel flag in the air The symbol of state's
There was blood, red blood, on hands, Yellow dirt on their What they they were doing, Only God and the knows was hate, cold hate, in their hearts, Shot from their souls a gun And as they threw their and bricks, They screamed, "see you have done!"
Gas was fired into the mob each attack And though the gas was low, they never fired back And when the smoke had cleared and the fury felt it's Two men dead and a hundred bled The had risen again
So mr barnet, and mr walker, too The times are changing fast, they'll roll right over you But someday 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 on their clothes What they thought were 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, screamed, "see what you have done!" "see you have done!"