I'll sing you a song about a southern town the devil had his rule When marshalls faced an angry mob to one man to school His name was jimmy The he helped to turn For he chose to stay on terrible day The land was to learn
There was blood, red blood, on hands, Yellow dirt on their What they they were doing, God and the devil knows 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!"
The governor a promise he would keep the trouble down But when the mob got ugly no could be found And men were filled 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 dirt on clothes What thought they were doing, Only God and the devil There was hate, cold hate, in hearts, Shot from their souls a gun And as they their stones and bricks, They screamed, "see what you done!"
Gas was into the mob after each attack And though the gas was running low, they never fired And when the had cleared and the fury felt it's pain Two men dead and a hundred bled The south had again
So mr barnet, and mr walker, too The times are changing mighty fast, they'll roll right you But someday you'll for the south, to the southern tip of hell And hot down there, white-hot down there Let's your rebel yell!
There was blood, red blood, on hands, Yellow dirt on clothes What they thought they doing, Only God and the knows was hate, cold hate, in their hearts, Shot their souls like a gun And as threw their stones and bricks, They screamed, "see what you done!" "see you have done!"