Virginia's Bloody Soil Lyrics

Song	Virginia's Bloody Soil
Artist	Tennessee Ernie Ford
Album	Sings Civil War Songs Of The North
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[00:09]	Come all you loyal unionists, wherever you may be,
[00:15]	I hope you'll pay attention and listen unto me;
[00:21]	For well you know the blood and woe, the misery, the toil
[00:28]	It took to down secession on Virginia's bloody soil.
[00:36]	When our good old flag, the Stars and Stripes, from Sumter's walls was hurled,
[00:43]	And high o'erhead on the forwardest walls the Rebels their flag unfurled,
[00:50]	It aroused each loyal northern man and caused his blood to boil
[00:57]	For to see that flag—Secession's rag—float o'er Virginia's soil.
[01:15]	Then from the hills and mountain tops there came that wild alarm;
[01:25]	Rise up! ye gallant sons of North, our country calls to arms.
[01:32]	Come from the plains o'er hill and dale, ye hardy sons of toil,
[01:40]	For our flag is trampled in the dust on Virginia's bloody soil.
[01:50]	And thousands left their native homes, some never to return,
[02:00]	And many's the wife and family dear were left behind to mourn.
[02:09]	There was one who went among them who from danger would ne'er recoil;
[02:17]	Now his bones lie bleaching on the fields of Virginia's bloody soil.
[02:37]	In the great fight of the Wilderness, where many's the brave man fell,
[02:45]	This captain led his comrades on through Rebel shot and shell,
[02:52]	The wounded 'round they strewed the ground; the dead lay heaped in piled,
[03:00]	The comrades weltered in their blood on Virginia's bloody soil.
[03:08]	The Rebels fought like fury,just like tigers drove to bay.
[03:15]	They knew full well, if the truth they'd tell, they could not win the day.
[03:20]	It was hand to hand they fought 'em. The struggle was fierce and wild,
[03:28]	Till a bullet pierced our captain's brain, on Virginia's bloody soil.
[03:43]	And now our hero's sleeping with thousands of the brave.
[03:53]	No marble slab does mark the place that shows where he was laid.
[04:01]	He died to save our Union; he's free of care and toil.
[04:11]	Thank God,The Stars and Stripes still wave above Virginia's soil.

[00:09]	Come all you loyal unionists, wherever you may be,
[00:15]	I hope you' ll pay attention and listen unto me
[00:21]	For well you know the blood and woe, the misery, the toil
[00:28]	It took to down secession on Virginia' s bloody soil.
[00:36]	When our good old flag, the Stars and Stripes, from Sumter' s walls was hurled,
[00:43]	And high o' erhead on the forwardest walls the Rebels their flag unfurled,
[00:50]	It aroused each loyal northern man and caused his blood to boil
[00:57]	For to see that flag Secession' s rag float o' er Virginia' s soil.
[01:15]	Then from the hills and mountain tops there came that wild alarm
[01:25]	Rise up! ye gallant sons of North, our country calls to arms.
[01:32]	Come from the plains o' er hill and dale, ye hardy sons of toil,
[01:40]	For our flag is trampled in the dust on Virginia' s bloody soil.
[01:50]	And thousands left their native homes, some never to return,
[02:00]	And many' s the wife and family dear were left behind to mourn.
[02:09]	There was one who went among them who from danger would ne' er recoil
[02:17]	Now his bones lie bleaching on the fields of Virginia' s bloody soil.
[02:37]	In the great fight of the Wilderness, where many' s the brave man fell,
[02:45]	This captain led his comrades on through Rebel shot and shell,
[02:52]	The wounded ' round they strewed the ground the dead lay heaped in piled,
[03:00]	The comrades weltered in their blood on Virginia' s bloody soil.
[03:08]	The Rebels fought like fury, just like tigers drove to bay.
[03:15]	They knew full well, if the truth they' d tell, they could not win the day.
[03:20]	It was hand to hand they fought ' em. The struggle was fierce and wild,
[03:28]	Till a bullet pierced our captain' s brain, on Virginia' s bloody soil.
[03:43]	And now our hero' s sleeping with thousands of the brave.
[03:53]	No marble slab does mark the place that shows where he was laid.
[04:01]	He died to save our Union he' s free of care and toil.
[04:11]	Thank God, The Stars and Stripes still wave above Virginia' s soil.

[00:09]	Come all you loyal unionists, wherever you may be,
[00:15]	I hope you' ll pay attention and listen unto me
[00:21]	For well you know the blood and woe, the misery, the toil
[00:28]	It took to down secession on Virginia' s bloody soil.
[00:36]	When our good old flag, the Stars and Stripes, from Sumter' s walls was hurled,
[00:43]	And high o' erhead on the forwardest walls the Rebels their flag unfurled,
[00:50]	It aroused each loyal northern man and caused his blood to boil
[00:57]	For to see that flag Secession' s rag float o' er Virginia' s soil.
[01:15]	Then from the hills and mountain tops there came that wild alarm
[01:25]	Rise up! ye gallant sons of North, our country calls to arms.
[01:32]	Come from the plains o' er hill and dale, ye hardy sons of toil,
[01:40]	For our flag is trampled in the dust on Virginia' s bloody soil.
[01:50]	And thousands left their native homes, some never to return,
[02:00]	And many' s the wife and family dear were left behind to mourn.
[02:09]	There was one who went among them who from danger would ne' er recoil
[02:17]	Now his bones lie bleaching on the fields of Virginia' s bloody soil.
[02:37]	In the great fight of the Wilderness, where many' s the brave man fell,
[02:45]	This captain led his comrades on through Rebel shot and shell,
[02:52]	The wounded ' round they strewed the ground the dead lay heaped in piled,
[03:00]	The comrades weltered in their blood on Virginia' s bloody soil.
[03:08]	The Rebels fought like fury, just like tigers drove to bay.
[03:15]	They knew full well, if the truth they' d tell, they could not win the day.
[03:20]	It was hand to hand they fought ' em. The struggle was fierce and wild,
[03:28]	Till a bullet pierced our captain' s brain, on Virginia' s bloody soil.
[03:43]	And now our hero' s sleeping with thousands of the brave.
[03:53]	No marble slab does mark the place that shows where he was laid.
[04:01]	He died to save our Union he' s free of care and toil.
[04:11]	Thank God, The Stars and Stripes still wave above Virginia' s soil.

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