2nd South Carolina String Band -- Gettysburg 155th Camp Dance

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  • Опубликовано: 20 янв 2025

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  • @gaborvid
    @gaborvid 4 года назад +59

    Greetings from Budapest, Hungary! This is the real, authentic and beautiful America! Hold on, my friends!

  • @colb715
    @colb715 9 месяцев назад +22

    Glory totally to the glorious South

  • @gosuc7340
    @gosuc7340 3 года назад +28

    best compliments from Germany,
    I love the South, since I was stationed as a soldier of the german airforce for special training in Texas and Mississippi.
    I've learned a lot of her history and was impressed by the pride of her people and the soldiers of the civil war, especially General Lee.
    What a Patriot, when he rejected Lincolns offer as a General of the Union, telling him he can not draw the sword against bis people.
    I wish I would have the chance some day to participate in such an event, if i only knew when and wehre it takes place..
    Until then, i'm going to learn the best known songs from Dixie (lol)...
    So keep and honor your heritage, God bless you all ........

    • @vegandolls
      @vegandolls 3 года назад +1

      brother you need to read Shelby Foote's, the civil war. You will thank me.

    • @gosuc7340
      @gosuc7340 3 года назад

      @@vegandolls
      Thank you for the hint. That was a good surprise, because I have seen an documentary by him on TV more than a decade ago. When I looked up the book in Amazon, I recognized his picture. He really seemes to by "THE" expert of the civil war. I will buy this book. So thanks again and have a good day.

    • @editedbylaurel
      @editedbylaurel 2 года назад

      This reenactment happens every year in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania! Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest battles of the war. This video shows the Camp Ball, but they also do battlefield reenactments. Everyone is always welcome :)

  • @alanleaker6370
    @alanleaker6370 Год назад +20

    Believe it or not I come from Scotland and this exactly the same kind of folk music we love I think you are the same kind of people brilliant

    • @johngarnergarner6724
      @johngarnergarner6724 10 месяцев назад +1

      That's because many American southerners trace their roots directly to Scotland

    • @3RomeoFoxtrot
      @3RomeoFoxtrot 9 месяцев назад +2

      Scotts-Irish made up most of the south - notice the Flag is same cross as St. Andrews Flag

    • @chapno4255
      @chapno4255 4 месяца назад

      @@3RomeoFoxtrot It was made up mostly by english people, then scott-irish and then german

  • @stefanlitewka4258
    @stefanlitewka4258 4 года назад +33

    Greetings from Poland. God bless South

    • @xmikemillsx
      @xmikemillsx 4 года назад +10

      Based Poland

    • @shadowrealmmedia9448
      @shadowrealmmedia9448 3 года назад +5

      We'll always welcome those who love Dixie!

    • @patrickfoster4586
      @patrickfoster4586 3 года назад +4

      As a proud Southerner of the great state of Louisiana I gladly receive your greetings and in return wish you and yours all the best. Cheers from the Southland and may God bless Poland! P[>

    • @2010RonnieB
      @2010RonnieB 3 года назад +2

      And God Bless Poland! Break from communist EU.

  • @northscot9862
    @northscot9862 4 года назад +20

    The South will rise this Scotsman prays for it. Forever the SOUTH

  • @saxon.ad410
    @saxon.ad410 3 года назад +18

    Greetings from England and God bless the south.

    • @patrickfoster4586
      @patrickfoster4586 3 года назад +4

      And greetings in return from deep in the Southland of, albeit just north of New Orleans, Louisiana. Cheers my brother from the great Old Country! God Bless the UK and the US! P[>

  • @cindysherf8818
    @cindysherf8818 Год назад +12

    The youngins at the beginning is beautiful and wholesome I love it

  • @jarosawzajac8393
    @jarosawzajac8393 3 года назад +13

    Good , freedom and honor. Greetings from Poland . The South lives.

  • @williamstclaire809
    @williamstclaire809 3 года назад +13

    Greetings from Edinburgh. God. Bless The Beautiful South.

  • @olskool3967
    @olskool3967 3 года назад +12

    SC here, born he 64 years ago and will go under here! my great, great uncle was a southern CSA vet,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

  • @eddielee5238
    @eddielee5238 2 года назад +14

    All can be taken away but honor and pride can never be surrendered.

  • @Someone-fc9io
    @Someone-fc9io 2 года назад +18

    I'm surprised the roof is still attached to the tent!! This is one of the most rollicking RUclipss ever. Love these songs..especially being played on period instruments.
    This band has no equal. Everyone was dressed in period clothing which made it all the more special and fun.

  • @Louis_H_
    @Louis_H_ 4 года назад +19

    May the South rise once again! Love from Belgium!

  • @mikehaws3187
    @mikehaws3187 6 месяцев назад +12

    I wish i could have been there. This is sooooo awesome

  • @sorenschmidt1976
    @sorenschmidt1976 4 года назад +23

    THE South lives..Dixiland Lives..👏👍

  • @brickistic8188
    @brickistic8188 9 месяцев назад +11

    good to see traditions kept alive

  • @robchandacrawford1392
    @robchandacrawford1392 3 года назад +12

    love you guys from new zealand

  • @JohnnyRebKy
    @JohnnyRebKy 5 лет назад +33

    Now I understand how those boys crossed that field. The energy this produces cannot be held back. I’m ready to go screaming into battle right now lol 😂. If it produces this much energy 155 years later just imagine the energy they felt in 63!

  • @mudtrack1
    @mudtrack1 7 месяцев назад +13

    Beautiful heritage

  • @williamstclaire809
    @williamstclaire809 2 года назад +7

    What an incredible bunch of very beautiful people.

  • @maximustheo5078
    @maximustheo5078 4 года назад +18

    My wife is proud southern woman! And so I love the culture of this beautiful land! The South Will Rise Again! God Bless Dixieland! God Bless Y'all!

  • @brucesharpe1079
    @brucesharpe1079 3 года назад +17

    Greetings from England 👍🏻

  • @san.quentinm669
    @san.quentinm669 8 месяцев назад +12

    Long live the south!

  • @gray3553
    @gray3553 4 года назад +21

    I'm British and ready to join the south.....you Americans really know how to party, love it.

    • @blackleaf_yt
      @blackleaf_yt 4 года назад +3

      Think this is fun? wait until the beer wagon arrives.

  • @williamstclaire809
    @williamstclaire809 3 года назад +11

    What a truly awesome, beautiful sight to behold.

  • @clarkgriswald9311
    @clarkgriswald9311 4 года назад +15

    I love it!!!! Greets from Germany.....

    • @VictorianTimeTraveler
      @VictorianTimeTraveler 3 года назад

      Germans and Americans. They're the same people living in different countries

  • @lauseba6990
    @lauseba6990 4 года назад +9

    Great music, excellent crowd

  • @37BE01Red
    @37BE01Red 3 года назад +10

    I wish I could have been with you. God bless and save the South!

  • @alaindaubresse2161
    @alaindaubresse2161 4 года назад +8

    Merci pour ce bon moment d histoire I LOVE SOUTH CAROLINA GOOD BLESS SOUTH FOR EVER

  • @KanasAudan
    @KanasAudan 3 года назад +11

    Greetings from Sofia, Bulgaria!
    And... kill that Yankee soldier! 😄

  • @ldv1452
    @ldv1452 4 года назад +11

    All the best from Portugal! This is wonderful! Please keep your culture alive!

  • @daleschleicher7794
    @daleschleicher7794 4 года назад +5

    so many people in GETTYSBURG PA for things like this in june and july from all over the USA. VERY COOL TO SEE .

  • @Freawulf
    @Freawulf 4 года назад +8

    Goosebumps! I find the cheerful participation of even blueclad lads particularly touching...

  • @shadowrealmmedia9448
    @shadowrealmmedia9448 3 года назад +20

    All of you Europeans and Brazilians wanting to join in the Southern festivities, you're more than welcome

  • @parkerduncan1449
    @parkerduncan1449 Год назад +14

    I've got family that were both Union and Confederates and I can say with great pride after visiting most of the states I am proud where we come from. Before the times of the civil war most of my family came from Scotland and Ireland. There is a distinct Celtic sound to this music and it really brings my spirits up!

    • @Oscarspaw1971
      @Oscarspaw1971 Год назад +1

      I'm Scottish my friend and I agree,especially the dancing at the start. That's Scottish dancing...with a bit of South. Regards😉

  • @MakeNumismaticsGreatAgain
    @MakeNumismaticsGreatAgain 4 года назад +8

    God bless these guys and God bless America!! Long live the South!!

  • @etunimisukunimi198
    @etunimisukunimi198 3 года назад +9

    Greetings from Finland. Beautiful.

  • @gray3553
    @gray3553 3 года назад +19

    Can I come over from the England and wear the Grey, I'm sure some of my family genes are floating around the South. Bless you all.

    • @51stparedoctober4
      @51stparedoctober4 3 года назад +1

      See General (then Lt. Col.) Sir Arthur Fremantle of the Coldstream Guards, who travelled the South for three months and was present at Gettysburg.

    • @gray3553
      @gray3553 3 года назад +2

      @@51stparedoctober4 The guards Regiment which held Hougumont at Waterloo keeping Wellingtons right flank in good order and still changing the guard at the palace today.

  • @hughsalter7769
    @hughsalter7769 Год назад +10

    great to see happy people singing happy songs

  • @sloanchampion85
    @sloanchampion85 4 года назад +6

    Very nice love my South and her people

  • @infinitejest9855
    @infinitejest9855 4 года назад +5

    Thanks for sharing this looks like really good times

  • @cgms310
    @cgms310 3 года назад +3

    So good to see some familiar faces and a bunch of new ones…. Warms the heart….

  • @ralfzerbe2156
    @ralfzerbe2156 3 года назад +6

    I wish I could be with you for the next Camp Dance. Greetings from Braunschweig(Brunswick) Germany.

  • @jimstewart6587
    @jimstewart6587 3 года назад +5

    Lovely songs to listen.

  • @sheldonli1413
    @sheldonli1413 4 года назад +16

    Wish I could join this event one day.

  • @vintagebrew1057
    @vintagebrew1057 3 года назад +8

    Singin' along in London, UK!

  • @varatius
    @varatius 3 года назад +19

    Greetings from Southgermany.

  • @kikogame852
    @kikogame852 4 года назад +6

    is beautiful

  • @emilpavlov6656
    @emilpavlov6656 3 года назад +6

    the best civil war song
    superb really

  • @Matthias_SZL
    @Matthias_SZL 4 года назад +13

    Holy smoke! This gig by 2nd South Carolinians was even better than that from 2015! Greets from Upper Silesia, Deo Vindice!

  • @photographybygeorge1
    @photographybygeorge1 7 месяцев назад +5

    Simply amazing😘. TY

  • @hockeynz6465
    @hockeynz6465 2 года назад +10

    A passionate crowd

  • @djordjezagorac-tq5qx
    @djordjezagorac-tq5qx 8 месяцев назад +7

    Tradicija velikih naroda se ogleda u njihovoj toleranciji a muzika povezuje ceo svet.❤

  • @AnthonyGarlic-tr9br
    @AnthonyGarlic-tr9br 7 месяцев назад +7

    Looks like fun 😀💕❤️💜

  • @onetwo-ow9kf
    @onetwo-ow9kf 4 года назад +8

    Though he be your enemy, respect him if he fought with honor.

  • @alizon5061
    @alizon5061 8 месяцев назад +10

    Magnifique. C’est le sud des États-Unis

  • @davidrobinson8337
    @davidrobinson8337 Год назад +10

    The kids had a good time! ...

  • @Freawulf
    @Freawulf 4 года назад +5

    The Hawks and Eagles finale was really amazing! :D

  • @jamesknowles658
    @jamesknowles658 Месяц назад +3

    I must admit, I had been reenacting for 35 years at events from Olustee to school programs and roundtables in up state New York and in all that time the Southern gatherings have always been the best times and the best eating. Except for the memorials at Gettysburg, where the spread at the local churches is unbeatable. 🤷🏾‍♂️

  • @josecaparros9088
    @josecaparros9088 10 месяцев назад +7

    Bellísimas personas ❤

  • @rangertom2203
    @rangertom2203 3 года назад +15

    Greetings from Austria (Steyr Mannlicher)

  • @thegreenishcrab
    @thegreenishcrab 4 года назад +9

    Never change southern states, resists everything that wants to erase your heritage.
    -A dude who lives behind the iron curtain west coast USA.

  • @aztec999999
    @aztec999999 4 года назад +8

    I love the south

  • @clarkgriswald9311
    @clarkgriswald9311 3 года назад +5

    Goosebumps.....

  • @jerrystanley7000
    @jerrystanley7000 4 года назад +13

    The South is a mind set. I am born and breed in the South, fought for this country in War. But damn I'm a Rebel born and bred. That is what is in the air here, you don't tell me what to do! That simple, no need for a college education!

  • @jameslynch7826
    @jameslynch7826 Год назад +3

    God Bless all you folks

  • @jameslynch7826
    @jameslynch7826 Год назад +11

    God Bless Southern Culture

    • @jackraney5439
      @jackraney5439 Год назад

      Southern music always lifts my spirits

  • @raymondgravelle3931
    @raymondgravelle3931 27 дней назад +2

    That's quite a party. I wish I had been there👍

  • @jameslynch7826
    @jameslynch7826 Год назад +2

    Absolutely fantastic thanks Boys

  • @karolos2024
    @karolos2024 4 года назад +17

    These are the real Americans.
    Greetings from Hellas

    • @mikebilli5060
      @mikebilli5060 3 года назад +1

      Thats not real American , native American are real americans this is ther country

    • @mikebilli5060
      @mikebilli5060 3 года назад

      @@jankasen7039 yes

    • @PhoenixT70
      @PhoenixT70 3 года назад +1

      @@mikebilli5060 That name sounds mighty white to me, chum...

    • @arminius1670
      @arminius1670 Год назад

      @@mikebilli5060 Did they spring up from the grass? No. They migrated there.
      Did they live peacefully before Whites arrived? No, they fought each other over land.
      We came and we bested everyone.
      Sore loser that you are. You lost vs Whites and now you're crying about it. We're better, get over it.

  • @billy251791
    @billy251791 Год назад +66

    165 years later we're divided even worse than we were in 1861.

    • @robincrabtree9981
      @robincrabtree9981 Год назад +6

      It gets votes. That's why democrats do it...That in turn emboldens some people..

    • @Lenn869
      @Lenn869 Год назад +2

      good

    • @sagepage4793
      @sagepage4793 Год назад +4

      Pretty disrespectful thing to say considering how many men died in the civil war. Tired of hearing this line, it's just ignorant. We're more complacent as a nation than ever and no one is doing shit but talking. We're united in our complacency and addiction to technology. "But what about what I see on the news". Are you doing anything about it but seeing it on the news and bitching? No? Exactly

    • @thomasholloch8868
      @thomasholloch8868 Год назад

      Bonny blue 2021 you may like it, not divided, actually…United we stand! ruclips.net/video/NpcLgAiZa3w/видео.htmlsi=m-9jkaHrl3ElQATM

    • @billy251791
      @billy251791 Год назад +7

      @@sagepage4793 Ignorant? Lol. Ok. Ireland is erupting over kids being stabbed by migrants. The Dutch farmers are in revolt because the government is taking away their land. France is on the verge of becoming an Israel/Palestine situation because of mass migration. Spain is about to erupt over a communist takeover. And here in the US Americans are being replaced so the Uniparty has perpetual power. If Europe and the US didn't have such a massive law enforcement presence there would be military conflict all over. We are completely divided and it's the stone cold truth. And it's only getting worse. Respect has nothing to do with it, but if you want to go there, disrespect is removing their memory and erasing them from history.

  • @bisleyblackhawk1288
    @bisleyblackhawk1288 4 года назад +5

    Loved this...If only the blue and grey/butternut could have gotten along so well 160 years ago 😕

  • @lorriehuddleston
    @lorriehuddleston 3 года назад +12

    Beautiful day to see our southern confederate heritage I like to think of our confederate general Robert E Lee dancing a Walt’s with his southern bell 💛🙋‍♀️

  • @blackleaf_yt
    @blackleaf_yt 4 года назад +13

    I bet there are some really confused and excited spirits of dead soldiers on that field listening to that music.

    • @kimberleekrajnak3800
      @kimberleekrajnak3800 4 года назад +6

      The event was held near Gettysburg. Reenactments are rarely held on the actual battle grounds due to federal and state law.

    • @bisleyblackhawk1288
      @bisleyblackhawk1288 4 года назад +5

      I would think not...they have received their eternal reward...read C. S. Lewis’s Mere Christianity ✝️ ...why would there be ongoing animosity after the fact?

    • @blackleaf_yt
      @blackleaf_yt 4 года назад +1

      @@bisleyblackhawk1288 while Christians are promised eternal life in Heaven, God also said that you cannot go to Heaven until you have let go of absolutely EVERYTHING from the mortal realm. The reason there are still spirits there is that some of the dead soldiers had something in life that they couldn't let go of, such as an unfinished business, or a painful burden of something like a betrayal. Perhaps lasing hate for their enemy. Some spirits remain in the mortal realm because they don't even realize that they are dead. Also, God mentioned purgatory for some souls.

    • @pedroluisalonsomadera3065
      @pedroluisalonsomadera3065 3 года назад

      ,

  • @ironcross7473
    @ironcross7473 3 года назад +5

    Brilliant.

  • @deleteduser7006
    @deleteduser7006 3 года назад +8

    I LOVE DIXIE!!!!!!!

  • @johnjacobs1625
    @johnjacobs1625 3 года назад +3

    AWESOME!! Thanks for Sharing!! Kind Regards JJ

  • @geppogeppo8545
    @geppogeppo8545 3 года назад +8

    Your American civil war for freedom is like, remeber, that of our Corsican people against the Italians and the French. Gloria for Roberto Lee and Pasquale Paoli

  • @butterfly.933
    @butterfly.933 3 года назад +8

    Please somehow comeback for 2022. I PROMISE to go dressed as A P Hill if you do.

    • @KrisWustrow
      @KrisWustrow Год назад

      The 160th battle is on schedule for 2023 at Gettysburg

  • @jameslynch7826
    @jameslynch7826 Год назад +11

    The South may have lost- but no government would take them on again!!

  • @benitomussolini9690
    @benitomussolini9690 3 месяца назад +3

    Excelente !

  • @Ecthelion1967
    @Ecthelion1967 2 года назад +10

    I really like this kind of songs. In Europe it became The Dubliners and Pogues, but in the south i guess was the beginning of Country and western. But the kiddies dance at the start is just amazing! And i also love that there is yankee blue in the crowd.

    • @anthonya7169
      @anthonya7169 2 года назад +3

      I believe “this kind of song” was brought to the Americas by the Irish and Scottish immigrants, not taken to Ireland after a few hundred years later 👍

    • @Ecthelion1967
      @Ecthelion1967 2 года назад +2

      @@anthonya7169 Dear Sir, i do think you do misunderstand me. What i meant whas that these songs are similar to the Irish, Scottish, Welsh and English that now counts as "Folk songs". I Europe they took a little bit of their own ways. I America they merged and got different aspects denending on which part they were.

  • @Thrillseeker666
    @Thrillseeker666 4 года назад +11

    The south shall rise again, no matter how long. I will be there.
    Greetings from Norway and Sweden!

    • @shadowrealmmedia9448
      @shadowrealmmedia9448 3 года назад +1

      We'll always welcome those who love Dixie!

    • @bernardjackson6594
      @bernardjackson6594 2 года назад +1

      Nordic nations will rise again too, just behold the coming storm across the west

  • @RubyCrockettsolitude
    @RubyCrockettsolitude 4 года назад +21

    Save our country from Communism - !!!!
    Blessings !!!!!! Fight fight fight for our FREEDOM!!!!!!

  • @myearby53
    @myearby53 4 года назад +9

    I can hear in my soul my Confederate family soldiers singing DIXIE ! GOD BLESS ALL who SERVED.

  • @mjograus8800
    @mjograus8800 3 года назад +46

    Best antidote to the poison of the Woke now infecting both sides of the pond. Go Dixie!!!!

    • @gtworldzhd4137
      @gtworldzhd4137 Год назад

      These people are pretty woke. They are aware of the social injustices to the South, so they are woke.

  • @manuelalejandro-yp9gc
    @manuelalejandro-yp9gc 4 года назад +4

    I want to go Civil War events but I don’t kwon where they make them

    • @superapple5505
      @superapple5505 4 года назад +1

      Gettysburg

    • @superapple5505
      @superapple5505 4 года назад +1

      On Nov, 23

    • @marcoantoniogarcia38
      @marcoantoniogarcia38 4 года назад

      There’s also a confederate party in the town of Santa Barbara do Oeste, in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. It’s made by the descendants of the Confederates who immigrated here after the civil war and it takes place in their cemetery (they couldn’t be buried in regular catholic cemeteries). It’s an awesome party!

  • @bika4942
    @bika4942 Год назад +1

    5 more years, I will think about it.

  • @stonewalljackson7590
    @stonewalljackson7590 2 года назад +21

    God Bless all of these Southern Patriots! ✝

    • @johnjacobs1625
      @johnjacobs1625 2 года назад +1

      Kind of Ironic Stonewall was Killed By Friendly Fire!! Beware FRIEND! JJ

    • @johnjacobs1625
      @johnjacobs1625 2 года назад +1

      @Jacob Just STATING the FACTS Jacob!! lol I DON't Care if You use the WOMEN Bathroom SITTING or STANDING!!

    • @g.choppa4448
      @g.choppa4448 2 года назад

      Patriots to what ? LOL

    • @gtworldzhd4137
      @gtworldzhd4137 Год назад +1

      why is the cross there? Stop bringing Christianity into this.

    • @lucassimmons3496
      @lucassimmons3496 Год назад

      @@gtworldzhd4137it’s not there in a Christian context it’s a nod to the English and Scottish roots of the original southern colonists.

  • @Matthias_SZL
    @Matthias_SZL 4 года назад +18

    Deo Vindice, God save the South!

  • @pascalmotte5142
    @pascalmotte5142 3 года назад +16

    Vive la Confédération

  • @lepetitecureil6175
    @lepetitecureil6175 4 года назад +4

    from France
    "We'll be ground beneath the tyrant's heel " a special note for my president.. E M
    Dixie is a french legacy .... Billet de dix

  • @attygarland6909
    @attygarland6909 2 месяца назад +3

    Anyone know the name of the (instrumental) tune they play in the encore?

  • @chrisjones1796
    @chrisjones1796 11 месяцев назад +9

    Great to see American First Nations peoples enjoying themselves.

  • @37BE01Red
    @37BE01Red 3 года назад +18

    My goodness, as an English Confederate, I wish I could have attended this event. Will there be another?

    • @whatsitmatter7046
      @whatsitmatter7046 3 года назад +7

      You should look into the Olustee Battle reenactment that happens every year in North Florida in February. It's amazing. One of the largest Civil War reenactments in America if Im not mistaken. Fly into Orlando or Jacksonville, rent a car, and its a manageable drive to the battlefield (especially from Jacksonville). The local spectators(both white and black) boo loudly when the yankees take the field and cheer ferociously when the confederates come onto the field and drive the yankees back. It's something the media would never report on lol.

    • @shadetreemech290
      @shadetreemech290 3 года назад

      @@whatsitmatter7046 I am sure the yankees are treated well otherwise. No?

    • @editedbylaurel
      @editedbylaurel 2 года назад

      It happens every year, I believe! It's in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania :D

  • @matthewhumphreys6100
    @matthewhumphreys6100 4 года назад +8

    Britain should have come in on your side if only for our own national interest.

  • @janesik
    @janesik Год назад +10

    In Poland they have some unjustified love for the USA, but the paradox is that in our country people regret the confederation that failed.

  • @Barbs1986
    @Barbs1986 5 лет назад +7

    Union officer, front and center.
    Get him boyz!!!!!!!

    • @ed9492
      @ed9492 4 года назад +3

      He has a nervous look on him as he looks around behind him.

    • @vintagebrew1057
      @vintagebrew1057 3 года назад +1

      Their waiting for the Union songs to start!!

  • @franknatola127
    @franknatola127 2 года назад +2

    Can anyone provide me here with the lyrics to the song "Southern Soldier" as it was sung here? I love that song & would like to sing along with everyone else in the crowd. But I can't make out all the words with all the Rebel Yells going on. RSVP-ASAP as I play this video nearly every day since I found it.

    • @ThePyramidone
      @ThePyramidone 2 года назад +5

      I'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
      Beyond our Southern border
      We'll drive the mercenary horde
      Beyond our Southern border

      So, I'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