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Thread #171466   Message #4147124
Posted By: cnd
12-Jul-22 - 04:30 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Confederate Flag (Reno & Smiley)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Confederate Flag (Reno & Smiley)
A few minor corrections throughout. Still missing the big hole towards then end.

CONFEDERATE FLAG
(as recorded by Don Reno & Red Smiley)

Our beloved way of life, in the Southland's lazy way
Came into being as many words would say
Plantations, fertile fields, and colonnaded home
A symbol of the Southland, its dignity and woe

Many slaves were slowly getting freedom's taste
As time-measured means, back then, to stop a war in haste
The War Between the States, South's blood and honor marred
They found their glorious flag red and white with stars and bars

A waving fabric cloth, honors white and colors red
Reminds us of the promises that warring looms at bay
The purity in its blue, ladyhood and southern belle
Rebels Lee, Jackson and Stuart, they never cease to tell

Battle-borne and battered, proudly waves through all the fray
Bullet-scarred and blood-stained; "never leave us" they did pray
When Appomattox came, in marched the Rebel men
They stacked their guns that caused this loss to assault the flag again

The loss of Southern Cause ???????????
Never will the South surrender, its stars and bars displayed