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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
