C
F
C
The sun shown bright and clear that day we all left Washington
F
C
To lick the Rebel boys in gray at the Battle of Bull Run
F
C
They came from Pennsylvania and some from Maryland
F
C
To see the Rebel boys get spanked by Honest Abe’s broad hand
F
C
We said we’ll run ’em to Atlanta and to Galveston Bay
F
C
F
C
But they ran us back to Washington and Philadelphia and Philadelphia
F
C
The ladies wore their brightest shawls the gentlemen were gay
F
C
They came to see their Yankee boys whip old Virginia
F
C
I held my momma’s hand and skipped when a soldier said to me
F
C
Would you rather have Jeff Davis’ hat or the sword of Bobbie Lee
F
C
We said we’ll run ’em to Atlanta and to Galveston Bay
F
C
F
C
But they ran us back to Washington and Philadelphia and Philadelphia
F
C
And then the general doffed his hat and said let’s rest a spell
F
C
And for the first time we all heard that awful rebel yell
F
C
The waters of Manassas creek became a ruby red
F
C
And many a Reb and Yankee boy lay in the willows dead
F
C
We said we’ll run ’em to Atlanta and to Galveston Bay
F
C
F
C
But they ran us back to Washington and Philadelphia and Philadelphia
F
C
A fight locked in the chest of time too horrible to tell
F
C
Virginny’s true green countryside became a lake of hell
F
C
Don’t count your chicks before they’re hatched or you’ll work until it’s done
F
C
Remember yes remember long the Battle of Bull Run
F
C
We said we’ll run ’em to Atlanta and to Galveston Bay
F
C
F
C
But they ran us back to Washington and Philadelphia and Philadelphia
F
C
