'll place my knapsack on my back My rifle on my shoulder I'll march away to the firing line And kill that Yankee soldier And kill that Yankee soldier I'll march away to the firing line And kill that Yankee soldier
I'll bid farewell to my wife and child Farewell to my aged mother And go and join in the bloody strife Till this cruel war is over Till this cruel war is over I'll go and join in the bloody strife Till this cruel war is over
If I am shot on the battlefield And I should not recover Oh, who will protect my wife and child And care for my aged mother And care for my aged mother Oh, who will protect my wife and child And care for my aged mother
And if our Southern cause is lost And Southern rights denied us We'll be ground beneath the tyrant's heel For our demands of justice For our demands of justice We'll be ground beneath the tyrant's heel For our demands of justice
Before the South shall bow her head Before the tyrants harm us I'll give my all to the Southern cause And die in the Southern army And die in the Southern army I'll give my all to the Southern cause And die in the Southern army
If I must die for my home and land My spirit will not falter Oh, here's my heart and here's my hand Upon my country's altar Upon my country's altar Oh, here's my heart and here's my hand Upon my country's altar
Then Heaven be with us in the strife Be with the Southern soldier We'll drive the mercenary horde Beyond our Southern border
Dixie's Land
Oh, I wish I was in the land of cotton, Old times there are not forgotten, (Alt Original: Cinnamon seed and sandy bottom,) Look away, look away, look away Dixie Land.
In Dixie Land, where I was born in, early on one frosty mornin', Look away, look away, look away Dixie Land.
I wish I was in Dixie, Hooray! Hooray! In Dixie Land I'll take my stand to live and die in Dixie. Away, away, away down south in Dixie. Away, away, away down south in Dixie
Optional Verses
Ole Missus marry "Will the weaver" Willum was a gay deceiver Look away! Look away! Look away! Dixie Land
But when he put his arm around 'er, He smiled fierce as a forty pounder, Look away! Look away! Look away! Dixie Land
His face was sharp as a butcher's cleaver But that did not seem to grieve 'er Look away! Look away! Look away! Dixie Land
Ole Missus acted the foolish part And died for a man that broke her heart Look away! Look away! Look away! Dixie Land
Now here's a health to the next ole Missus An' all the gals that want to kiss us; Look away! Look away! Look away! Dixie Land
But if you want to drive 'way sorrow Come and hear this song tomorrow Look away! Look away! Look away! Dixie Land
There's buckwheat cakes and Injun batter, Makes you fat or a little fatter Look away! Look away! Look away! Dixie Land
Then hoe it down and scratch your gravel, To Dixie's Land I'm bound to travel, Look away! Look away! Look away! Dixie Land