Johnny Horton - The battle of bull run

The ^Dsun shown bright and clear that day, we ^Gall left Washing- ^Dton To ^Dlick the Rebel boys in grey at the ^GBattle of Bull ^DRun They ^Dcame from Pennsylvania and ^Gsome from Mary- ^Dland To ^Dsee the Rebel boys get spanked by ^GHonest Abe's broad ^Dhand

We said we'll ^Drun 'em to Atlanta and to Galveston ^BmBay But they ^Dran us back to Washington and ^GPhiladelphi- ^Da And ^GPhiladelphi- ^Da

The ^Dladies wore their brightest shawls, the ^Ggentlemen were ^Dgay They came to see their Yankee boys WHIP ^Gold Virgini- ^Da I ^Dheld my momma's hand and skipped, when a ^Gsoldier said to ^Dme Would you ^Drather have Jeff Davis' hat or the ^Dsword of Bobbie ^DLee

We said we'll ^Drun 'em to Atlanta and to Galveston ^BmBay But they ^Dran us back to Washington and ^GPhiladelphi- ^Da And ^GPhiladelphi- ^Da

And ^Dthen the general doffed his hat and ^Gsaid let's rest a ^Dspell And ^Dfor the first time we all heard that ^Gawful rebel ^Dyell The ^Dwaters of MANASSAS creek be- ^Gcame a ruby ^Dred And ^Dmany a Reb and Yankee boy lay ^Gin the willows ^Ddead

We said we'll ^Drun 'em to Atlanta and to Galveston ^BmBay But they ^Dran us back to Washington and ^GPhiladelphi- ^Da And ^GPhiladelphi- ^Da

A ^Dfight locked in the chest of time too ^Ghorrible to ^Dtell Vir- ^Dginny's true green countryside be- ^Gcame a lake of ^Dhell Don't ^Dcount your chicks before they're hatched or you'll ^Gwork until it's ^Ddone Re- ^Dmember yes remember long the ^GBattle of Bull ^DRun

We said we'll ^Drun 'em to Atlanta and to Galveston ^BmBay But they ^Dran us back to Washington and ^GPhiladelphi- ^Da And ^GPhiladelphi- ^Da | |^G |^D |^{D A D}