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Thread #14347 Message #4128250
Posted By: Joe Offer
06-Dec-21 - 06:56 PM
Thread Name: Help: War between the States Songs
Subject: ADD:War between the States (Austin Lounge Lizards)
WAR BETWEEN THE STATES Songwriter?
My name is Buford Julep, I am a Southern Man. I had a Southern family and I had some Southern land. I wore it out with cotton in the good old Southern way, I had Southern accent which I still retain today.
But then along came the war between the states, pa, pa, pa, pah... And we lost everything.
When Lincoln was elected, the drippings hit the fan, The cry for Southern independence trickled through the land. I enlisted in the army, with Mr. Ed my horse. My wife ran the plantation, with our happy slaves of course.
But then along came the war between the states, pa, pa, pa, pah... And we lost everything.
Well we beat them at Manassas, and we beat them at Bull Run, and we beat them boys at Chancellorsville, we were having lots of fun.
We beat them at Parcheesi and at Space Invaders too. We lost old Stonewall Jackson, but you're bound to lose a few.
But then along came the war between the states, pa, pa, pa, pah... And we lost everything.
We invaded Pennsylvania, the turnpike it was long. We all marched into Stuckey's, one hundred thousand strong. The pecan logs (alt: corn dogs?) were delicious, they were a tasty treat. How could we know that later we would taste a great defeat.
But then along came the war between the states, pa, pa, pa, pah... And we lost everything.
Well the Yankees had our number. They called us on the phone. And they said, hey youse guys has lost the war, why don'tchas go on back home? At Appomattox, General Lee surrendered up his sword. The fact that things looked pretty bad, could no longer be ignored.
But then along came the war between the states, pa, pa, pa, pah…
Recorded by the Austin Lounge Lizards on 1984 Creatures From the Black Saloon.