I'll sing you a song about a southern town where the devil had his When marshalls faced an angry mob to send one man to His was jimmy meredith The tide he to turn For he chose to stay on that day The land was soon to
was blood, red blood, on their hands, Yellow dirt on clothes What they thought they doing, Only God and the knows 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!"
The governor made a promise he keep the trouble down But the mob got ugly no troopers could be found And men filled with hate and fear, They screamed the night The rebel flag in the air The symbol of rights
was blood, red blood, on their hands, Yellow on their clothes they thought they were doing, Only God and the devil was hate, cold hate, in their hearts, Shot from their like a gun And as they threw their and bricks, They screamed, "see what you done!"
Gas was fired the mob after each attack And though the gas was running low, 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 again
So mr barnet, and mr walker, too The times are changing mighty fast, they'll roll over you But you'll head for the south, to the southern 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 What thought they 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!" "see you have done!"