God Bless Robert E Lee

<p>[Verse]<br/>When Robert E Lee surrended the Confederacy<br/>Jefferson Davis was upset about it<br/>He said how dare that man resent an order<br/>Form the president of the Confederate States of America<br/>Then somebody told him that General Lee had made the decision himself<br/>In order to save lives because he felt that the battle coming up<br/>Would cost about 20 000 lives on both sides<br/>And he said 240 000 dead already is enough<br/>So this song is not about the North or the South but about the bloody brother war<br/>Brother against brother father against son the war that nobody won<br/>And for all those lives that were saved I gotta say God bless Robert E Lee<br/>Well the mansion where the General used to live is burning down<br/>Cottonfields are blue with Sherman&#x27;s troups<br/>I overheard a yankee say yesterday Nashville fell<br/>So I&#x27;m on my way to join the fight General Lee might need my help<br/>But look away look away Dixie I don&#x27;t want them to see<br/>What they&#x27;re doing to my Dixie God bless Robert E Lee<br/>Sherman&#x27;s troups burned Atlanta and the flames lit up the sky<br/>And those of us who survived it are watching my Dixie die<br/>But today at Appamattox General Lee sat down<br/>And surrended to the yankees and Ulysees S Grant<br/>So look away look away Dixie<br/>[Outro]<br/>I won&#x27;t ever stop loving you my Dixie till they put me in the ground<br/>And the last words they probably hear from me are God bless Robert E Lee