Uploaded by Cash4LYF on Jul 16, 2009
This song of Johnny Cash's was released in 1983 in the album Johnny 99.
Lyrics:
When Robert E Lee surrended the Confederacy Jefferson Davis was upset about it
He said how dare that man resent an order
Form the president of the Confederate States of America
Then somebody told him that General Lee had made the decision himself
In order to save lives because he felt that the battle comin' up
Would cost about 20 000 lives on both sides
And he said 240 000 dead already is enough
So this song is not about the North or the South but about the bloody brother war
Brother against brother father against son the war that nobody won
And for all those lives that were saved I gotta say Dod bless Robert E Lee
Well the mansion where the General used to live is burning down
Cottonfields are blue with Sherman's troups
I overheard a yankee say yesterday Nashville fell
So I'm on my way to join the fight General Lee might need my help
But look away look away Dixie I don't want them to see
What they're doing to my Dixie God bless Robert E Lee
Sherman's troups burned Atlanta and the flames lit up the sky
And those of us who survived it are watchin' my Dixie die
But today at Appamattox General Lee sat down
And surrended to the yankees and Ulysees S Grant
So look away look away Dixie...
I won't ever stop loving you my Dixie till they put me in the ground
And the last words they probably hear from me are God bless Robert E Lee
Top Comments
All Comments (187)
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@socomfan555 He is one of the greatest generals in history period. A lot more lives would have been saved if the boys,pretending to be Men had not fought at all.
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@Nubias General Lee is one of thetope 5 generals in American history. His decision to surrender was an effortto save thousands of lives and put an end to the destruction that had occured throughout Dixie.
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The South surrendering? they never did completely.
6 days ago 2
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He should have never surrendered.
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@redneckpax No it doesn't...now go have sex with your mother, sister or daughter and stop giving glory to something your incompetent forefathers LOST
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@tehchilds hah i had a friend who used to say the same thing, hes a junkie now btw
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@Lilgil9318 Mine mostly southern Two Northern Thanks.
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@ugulufu Din't Mister Cash not say that this ain't about the north or the south?
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AMEN...
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Robert E. Lee is my great great great great great grandpa. :D
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@NWFWMbudwieser fuck you yankee
ugulufu 2 months ago 31
Dixie still stands, physically as well as in the hearts of us all...even here in Ohio. God bless Dixie and Robert E Lee
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