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When Robert E. Lee surrended the Confederacy, Jefferson Davis was upset about it.
He said, how dare that man resent an order
From 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, God Bless Robert E. Lee.
AWell tDhe mansion where the GAeneral used to live is burning down
Cottonfields are blue, with Sherman's troops E
I oAverheard a YankeDe sayA yesterday Nashville fell
So I'm on my way, to join the fight General Lee might neEed my help. A
But look away,D look away Dixie, I don't want them to see
What they're doing to myA Dixie, GEod Bless Robert EA. Lee.
Riff:
ASherman's troopsD, burned AtAlanta, and the flames lit up the sky
And those of uEs who Asurvived it, are watchin' my Dixie die.
But today, at Appamattox, GDeneral Lee satA down
And surrended to thEe YaAnkees and Ulysses S. Grant.
So look awaDy look away Dixie, I don't want them to see
What they're doAing to myE Dixie, God Bless Robert E. Lee.A
Riff:
AI won't ever stop lovinDg you my Dixie,A till they put me in the ground
And the last words Ethey probably hear from me are GAod Bless Robert E. Lee
Riff: (Slowly, let ring)
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