Rebel Son - Mr confederate man

I was ^Gjust a ^Cadd9little boy in e^Dlementary ^Emschool ^GEnglish and math and ^Cadd9science class ^Dlearnin the golden ^Emrule I ^Glearned how to add and ^Cadd9how to subtract how to ^Dmultiply and di^Emvide I ^Glearned about bugs and I ^Cadd9learned about plants and I ^Dlearned how to read and ^Emwrite But ^Gmy most favorite ^Cadd9class of all was my ^Dlast class of the ^Emday When my ^Ghistory teacher would ^Cadd9tell us tales of old ^Dtimes long gone ^Emaway I was ^Gamazed at the way she ^Cadd9knew all the people and their ^Dnames and the places and the ^Emdates That?s ^Gwhen I first learned about ^Cadd9General Lee and his ^Dthirteen rebel ^Emstates

^GOne day she ^Cadd9came to school with a ^Dbig brown grocery ^Embag She ^Gopened it up we all ^Cadd9helped her hold ?er up this ^Dgreat big X shaped ^Emflag She said, ?^Gclass now only a ^Cadd9fool would tell you this ^Dflag is a symbol of ^Emhate It re^Gpresents the men who ^Cadd9fought and died with ^Dpride for our Confederate ^EmStates Your a^Gssignment tonight I ^Cadd9want you to write I ^Dwant you to pre^Emtend That one of ^Gthese brave men came ^Cadd9back to life now ^Dwhat would you say to ^Emhim? Well the ^Gschool bell rang and I ^Cadd9thought and I thought as the ^Dbus carried me across ^Emtown I ^Ggot out my pencil and my n^Cadd9otebook pad and ^Dthis is what I wrote ^Emdown I wrote

^GMr. Confederate ^Cadd9Man I?d ^Dlike to shake your ^Emhand for givin your ^Glife for ^Cadd9Dixieland, ^DMr. Confederate ^EmMan

The ^Gnext day in ^Cadd9history class I put my ^Dpaper on my teacher?s ^Emdesk Then she ^Gcalled me up in front of ^Cadd9everyone because she ^Dsaid she liked mine the ^Embest As ^GI walked up to the ^Cadd9head of the class my teacher ^Dsmiled and she nodded at ^Emme Then I ^Gsaw a tear roll ^Cadd9down ?er cheek as ^DI began to ^Emread I read ^GMr. Confederate ^Cadd9Man I?d ^Dlike to shake your ^Emhand for givin your ^Glife for ^Cadd9Dixieland, ^DMr. Confederate ^EmMan

Well I^G was at home readin ^Cadd9through the news^D just the other ^Emday When I ^Gran across my old ^Cadd9teacher?s name and I ^Dsaw that she had passed ^Emaway With a b^Gittersweet smile I looked ^Cadd9up at my wall a wrinkled ^Dpaper in an ol wood ^Emframe Where under^Gneath penciled words almost ^Cadd9faded away she had ^Dmarked a great big red stop ^EmA ?. Plus

^GMr. Confederate ^Cadd9Man I?d ^Dlike to shake your ^Emhand for givin your ^Glife for ^Cadd9Dixieland, ^DMr. Confederate ^EmMan

^GMr. Confederate ^Cadd9Man I?d ^Dlike to shake your ^Emhand for givin your ^Glife for ^Cadd9Dixieland, ^DMr. Confederate ^EmMan