Lyrics

[Intro] (Billy Yank and Johnny Reb) (Billy Yank and Johnny Reb) (Billy Yank and Johnny Reb) (Billy Yank and Johnny Reb) [Verse 1] Who's gonna blow the bugles And give the battle cry? Who's gonna fire the gatling gun And who's gonna bravely die? [Verse 2] Who's gonna be the daring? Who's gonna be the bold? Who's gonna bathe in pools of blood And sleep out in the cold? [Chorus] Billy Yank (Billy Yank) And Johnny Reb (Johnny Reb) Billy Yank (Billy Yank) And Johnny Reb (Johnny Reb) (Billy Yank and Johnny Reb) (Billy Yank and Johnny Reb) [Verse 3] Who's that with the blisters On their feet and mouth? Not them politicians In the north and in the south [Verse 4] Who's that in the moonlight Talkin' to his pa? Who's that in the bushes Tradin' coffee for a chaw? [Chorus] Billy Yank (Billy Yank) And Johnny Reb (Johnny Reb) Billy Yank (Billy Yank) And Johnny Reb (Johnny Reb) (Billy Yank and Johnny Reb) (Billy Yank and Johnny Reb) [Verse 5] When the war is ovеr Lawsy mercy me! Who's gonna guard our country From some forеign enemy? [Verse 6] Who's gonna drive the cattle? Who's gonna feed the mills? Who's gonna plow the cotton and corn And who's a-gonna run the stills? [Chorus] Billy Yank (Billy Yank) And Johnny Reb (Johnny Reb) Billy Yank (Billy Yank) And Johnny Reb (Johnny Reb) (Billy Yank and Johnny Reb) (Billy Yank and Johnny Reb) [Verse 7] Who's gonna court the ladies And buy their wedding bands? Who's gonna shoe their pretty little feet And glove their pretty little hands? [Verse 8] Who's gonna be the leaders? Who's gonna be the men? Who's gonna see that we don't ever Fight ourselves again? [Chorus] Billy Yank (Billy Yank) And Johnny Reb (Johnny Reb) Billy Yank (Billy Yank) And Johnny Reb (Johnny Reb) (Billy Yank and Johnny Reb) (Billy Yank and Johnny Reb) [Outro] (Billy Yank and Johnny Reb) (Billy Yank and Johnny Reb)