Battle Of Bull Run

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The sun shown bright and clear that day we all left Washington 

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To lick the Rebel boys in gray at the Battle of Bull Run 

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They came from Pennsylvania and some from Maryland 

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To see the Rebel boys get spanked by Honest Abe's broad hand 


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We said we'll run 'em to Atlanta and to Galveston Bay 

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But they ran us back to Washington and Philadelphia and Philadelphia 


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The ladies wore their brightest shawls the gentlemen were gay 

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They came to see their Yankee boys whip old Virginia 

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I held my momma's hand and skipped when a soldier said to me 

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Would you rather have Jeff Davis' hat or the sword of Bobbie Lee 


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We said we'll run 'em to Atlanta and to Galveston Bay 

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But they ran us back to Washington and Philadelphia and Philadelphia 


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And then the general doffed his hat and said let's rest a spell 

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And for the first time we all heard that awful rebel yell 

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The waters of Manassas creek became a ruby red 

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And many a Reb and Yankee boy lay in the willows dead 


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We said we'll run 'em to Atlanta and to Galveston Bay 

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But they ran us back to Washington and Philadelphia and Philadelphia 


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A fight locked in the chest of time too horrible to tell 

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Virginny's true green countryside became a lake of hell 

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Don't count your chicks before they're hatched or you'll work until it's done 

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Remember yes remember long the Battle of Bull Run 


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We said we'll run 'em to Atlanta and to Galveston Bay 

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But they ran us back to Washington and Philadelphia and Philadelphia