Gettysburg (Union Dixie) Lyrics

Way down South in the land traders Rattlesnakes and alligators Ride away, come away Ride away, come away Where cotton's king and man are chadles The union boys win the battle Ride away, come away Ride away, come away Then we all go down to Dixie Away, away Each dixie boy must understand That he must find his uncle sam Away, away We'll all go down to Dixie Away, away Away, down South of Dixie On a cold October's day The battlefield at Gettysburg On a plaque I read my name The wheels of time begin to turn I see the years stripped away I see their lines blue and gray Chorus: Down in Gettysburg Saw them fall Bloody Gettysburg Took them all Waited for the word Never came Retreat from Gettysburg I've seen a lot of wicked things Heard a lot of people cry I know it couldn't touch the pain Of seeing 50,000 die I saw the sun fall away The moon shone white on their graves Chorus Billy Yank said good-bye Mother's son left to die Dixieland look away Mother's son died today Papa fought a bloody war His father in the one before Walking through the haunted field I knew we couldn't give no more I saw the years stripped away I watched men die blue and gray Chorus