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FI was just a Flittle boy in Felementary sGchool FEnglish and Math and FScience class FLearning the Ggolden Frule FI learned how to add and Fhow to subtract How to Fmultiply and Gdivide FI learned about bugs and FI learned about plants And I Flearned how to Gread and Fwrite FBut my most favorite cFlass of all was my Flast class of the dGay FWhen my history teacher would Ftell us tales of old Ftimes long Ggone Faway FI was amazed at the way she kFnew all the people and theirF names and the places and the dGates Because Fwhen I first learned about FGeneral Lee and his FThirteen rGebel Fstates.
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FOne day she Fcame to school with a bFig brown Ggrocery Fbag FShe opened it up we all Fhelped her hold her up This gFreat big XG-shaped Fflag She said &Fquot;Class, now onFly a fool would tell you tFhis flag is a symbolG of hate FIt represents the men who fFought and died with Fpride for our GConfederate Fstates
FYour assignment tonight, I wFant you to write, I Fwant you to pGretend That one of Fthese brave men came Fback to life, FWhat would you sGay to Fhim Well the sFchool bell rang and I Fthought and I thought as the Fbus carried me across Gtown I got Fout my pencil and my Fnotebook pad and tFhis is what GI wrote dFown
FI wrote FMr. FConfederate man, FI'd like to Gshake your hand For Fgiving your life for FDixieland FMr. CGonfederate Fman,
The next day in history class, I put my paper on the teacher's desk Then she called me up in front of everyone, because she said she liked mine the best As I walked up to the head of the class, my teacher smiled and she nodded at me Then I saw a tear roll down her cheek as I began to read I read Mr. Confederate man, I'd like to shake your hand For giving your life for Dixieland Mr. Confederate man, Played quiet: I was at home reading through the news, just the other day When I ran across my old teacher's name and I saw that she had passed away With a bitter-sweet smile I looked up at my wall, a wrinkled paper and an old wood frame Where underneath penciled words almost faded away, she had marked a great big red A Plus Mr. Confederate man, I'd like to shake your hand For giving your life for Dixieland Mr. Confederate man, I wrote Mr. Confederate man, I'd like to shake your hand For giving your life for Dixieland Mr. Confederate man...