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The sun shown bright and clear that day
We all left Washington
To lick the Rebel boys in grey
At the Battle of Bull Run
They came from Pennsylvania and some from Maryland
To see the Rebel boys get spanked by Honest Abes broad hand
We said well run em to Atlanta and to Galveston Bay
But they ran us back to Washington and Philadelphia
And Philadelphia
The ladies wore their brightest shawls
The gentlemen were gay
They came to see their Yankee boys WHIP old Virginia
I held my mommas hand and skipped
When a soldier said to me
Would you rather have Jeff Davis hat or the sword of Bobbie Lee
We said well run em to Atlanta and to Galveston Bay
But they ran us back to Washington and Philadelphia
And Philadelphia
And then the general doffed his hat and said lets rest a spell
And for the first time we all heard that awful rebel yell
The waters of MANASSAS creek became a ruby red
and many a Reb and Yankee boy lay in the willows dead
We said well run em to Atlanta and to Galveston Bay
But they ran us back to Washington and Philadelphia
And Philadelphia
A fight locked in the chest of time too horrible to tell
Virginnys true green countryside became a lake of hell
Dont count your chicks before theyre hatched
Or youll work until its done
Remember yes remember long the Battle of Bull Run
We said well run em to Atlanta and to Galveston Bay
But they ran us back to Washington and Philadelphia
And Philadelphia