[00:06.081]Way down in old Varginni,
[00:08.319]I suppose you all do know,
[00:11.116]They have tried to bust the Union
[00:14.474]But they find it is no go,
[00:17.564]The yankee boys are starting out
[00:20.370]De Union for to sabe,
[00:22.897]And we're marching down to Washington,
[00:26.529]To fight for Uncle Abe.
[00:29.608]Rip, Rap, Flip, Flap
[00:32.125]Strap your knapsacks on your back
[00:34.928]For we're a gwine to Washington
[00:37.444]To fight for Uncle Abe.
[00:44.357]There is General Grant at Vicksburg,
[00:47.151]Just see what he has done,
[00:49.393]He has taken sixty cannon
[00:53.310]And made the Rebels run,
[00:56.106]And next he will take Richmond
[00:58.909]I'll bet you half a dollar
[01:01.149]And if he catches Gen'ral Johnson
[01:04.785]Oh wont he make him holler.
[01:08.145]Rip, Rap, Flip, Flap
[01:10.949]Strap your knapsacks on your back
[01:13.475]For we're a gwine to Washington
[01:15.998]To fight for Uncle Abe.
[01:24.125]The season now is coming,
[01:26.917]When the roads begin to dry,
[01:29.441]Soon the army of the Potomac
[01:33.082]Will make the rebels fly,
[01:35.884]For General McClellan he's the man
[01:38.407]The Union for to sabe,
[01:40.923]O! Hail Columbia's right side up,
[01:44.845]And so's your Uncle Abe.
[01:47.917]Rip, Rap, Flip, Flap
[01:50.710]Strap your knapsacks on your back
[01:52.953]For we're a gwine to Washington
[01:55.755]To fight for Uncle Abe.
[02:04.142]You may talk of Southern Chivalry
[02:06.943]And cotton being king,
[02:09.182]But I guess before the war is done
[02:12.816]You'll think another thing,
[02:15.901]They say that recognition
[02:18.416]Will the rebel country sabe,
[02:20.936]But Johnny Bull and Mister France
[02:24.582]Are 'fraid of Uncle Abe.
[02:27.662]Rip, Rap, Flip, Flap
[02:30.460]Strap your knapsacks on your back
[02:32.970]For we're a gwine to Washington
[02:35.772]To fight for Uncle Abe.