Carry Me Back to Virginia

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Well, I come from the valley, I'm a rebel boy Born on the banks of the Shenandoah In '61, I went to the war To win one for Virginia! Yeah, my brother went first and they called me too I was green as clover in the morning dew So I marched to the drum and I sang to the tune Carry me back to Virginia! [Bridge 1] Fire in the cannon, water in the well Raced through the valley with a rebel yell I learned right quick how to march like hell And affix that bayonet [Chorus] Won't ya carry me back? Won't ya carry me back? Carry me back to Virginia [Verse 2] With a sword and a saddle Powder in the gun We thought for a minute our fight was done So they lined us up with our medals on And hammered us into the quicksand Then they burned that valley with a blaze of fire Cut through the lines like a red-hot iron Till we ran for cover where the horses piled And we shivered in the cold against them [Bridge 2] But the war raged on like quick hell We dug through the pockets of the ones that fell Dressed in rags and we ate like rats When they cut off our legs we cried! [Chorus 2] Won't ya carry me back? Won't ya carry me back? Carry me back to Virginia Won't ya carry me back? Won't ya carry me back? Carry me back to Virginia [Verse 3] And they died in the valley Died in the swamp On the banks of the river where the whitetail jumps Died in the ditches Died in the fields In the belly of a wagon where our wounds where healed Died in the war Starved in the camps Locked in the prisons of a meaner rank Spilled our blood in the fight to defend And they buried us all over Dixieland [Bridge 3] Down in Alabama Down in Caroline Way down in Georgia, on the Tennessee line We fought for the rebels, and Robert E. Lee Now we want to go home to Virginia Say we want to go home to Virginia! [Chorus 2] Won't ya carry me back? Won't ya carry me back? Carry me back to Virginia Won't ya carry me back? Won't ya carry me back? I wanna be buried in Virginia