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Mr Confederate Man

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GI was just a Clittle boy in Gelementary sDchool
GEnglish and Math and CScience class
GLearning the Dgolden Grule
GI learned how to add and Chow to subtract
How to Gmultiply and Ddivide
GI learned about bugs and CI learned about plants
And I Glearned how to Dread and Gwrite
GBut my most favorite cClass of all was my Glast class of the dDay
GWhen my history teacher would Ctell us tales of old Gtimes long Dgone Gaway
GI was amazed at the way she kCnew all the people and their Gnames and the 
places and the dDates
Because Gwhen I first learned about CGeneral Lee and his GThirteen rDebel Gstates.
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GOne day she Ccame to school with a bGig brown Dgrocery Gbag
GShe opened it up we all Chelped her hold her up
This gGreat big XD-shaped Gflag
She said "GClass, now only a Cfool would tell you this fGlag is a symbol of hDate
GIt represents the men who fCought and died with Gpride for our DConfederate 
Gstates
GYour assignment tonight, I wCant you to write, I Gwant you to pDretend
That one of Gthese brave men came Cback to life,
GWhat would you sDay to Ghim
Well the sGchool bell rang and I Cthought and I thought as the Gbus carried me 
across Dtown
I got Gout my pencil and my Cnotebook pad and tGhis is what DI wrote dGown
GI wrote
GMr. CConfederate man,
GI'd like to Dshake your hand
For Ggiving your life for CDixieland
GMr. CDonfederate Gman,
The next day in history class, I put my paper on the teacher's desk
Then she called me up in front of everyone, 
because she said she liked mine the best
As I walked up to the head of the class, 
my teacher smiled and she nodded at me
Then I saw a tear roll down her cheek as I began to read
I read
Mr. Confederate man,
I'd like to shake your hand
For giving your life for Dixieland
Mr. Confederate man,
Played quiet:
I was at home reading through the news, just the other day
When I ran across my old teacher's name and I saw that she had passed away
With a bitter-sweet smile I looked up at my wall, a wrinkled paper and an 
old wood frame
Where underneath penciled words almost faded away, she had marked a great 
big red A
Plus
Mr. Confederate man,
I'd like to shake your hand
For giving your life for Dixieland
Mr. Confederate man,
I wrote
Mr. Confederate man,
I'd like to shake your hand
For giving your life for Dixieland
Mr. Confederate man...

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Mr Confederate Man

by Rebel Son

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G C G D

I was just a little boy in elementary school

G C

English and Math and Science class

G D G

Learning the golden rule

G C

I learned how to add and how to subtract

G D

How to multiply and divide

G C

I learned about bugs and I learned about plants

G D G

And I learned how to read and write

G C G D

But my most favorite class of all was my last class of the day

G C G D G

When my history teacher would tell us tales of old times long gone away

G C G

I was amazed at the way she knew all the people and their names and the

places and the dates

G C G D G

Because when I first learned about General Lee and his Thirteen rebel states.

:Tabbing:

G C G D G

One day she came to school with a big brown grocery bag

G C

She opened it up we all helped her hold her up

G D G

This great big X-shaped flag

G C G D

She said "Class, now only a fool would tell you this flag is a symbol of hate

G C G D

It represents the men who fought and died with pride for our Confederate

states

G C G D

Your assignment tonight, I want you to write, I want you to pretend

G C

That one of these brave men came back to life,

G D G

What would you say to him

G C G

Well the school bell rang and I thought and I thought as the bus carried me

across town

G C G D G

I got out my pencil and my notebook pad and this is what I wrote down

I wrote

G C

Mr. Confederate man,

G D

I'd like to shake your hand

G C

For giving your life for Dixieland

G D G

Mr. Confederate man,

The next day in history class, I put my paper on the teacher's desk

Then she called me up in front of everyone,

because she said she liked mine the best

As I walked up to the head of the class,

my teacher smiled and she nodded at me

Then I saw a tear roll down her cheek as I began to read

I read

Mr. Confederate man,

I'd like to shake your hand

For giving your life for Dixieland

Mr. Confederate man,

Played quiet:

I was at home reading through the news, just the other day

When I ran across my old teacher's name and I saw that she had passed away

With a bitter-sweet smile I looked up at my wall, a wrinkled paper and an

old wood frame

Where underneath penciled words almost faded away, she had marked a great

big red A

Plus

Mr. Confederate man,

I'd like to shake your hand

For giving your life for Dixieland

Mr. Confederate man,

I wrote

Mr. Confederate man,

I'd like to shake your hand

For giving your life for Dixieland

Mr. Confederate man...

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