C                                       F                  C
The sun shown bright and clear that day we all left Washington

                                      F              C
To lick the Rebel boys in gray at the Battle of Bull Run

                                F             C
They came from Pennsylvania and some from Maryland

                                     F                  C
To see the Rebel boys get spanked by Honest Abe's broad hand


                                        F         C
We said we'll run 'em to Atlanta and to Galveston Bay

                                       F          C     F          C
But they ran us back to Washington and Philadelphia and Philadelphia


                                           F              C
The ladies wore their brightest shawls the gentlemen were gay

                                   F               C
They came to see their Yankee boys whip old Virginia

                                          F               C
I held my momma's hand and skipped when a soldier said to me

                                             F               C
Would you rather have Jeff Davis' hat or the sword of Bobbie Lee


                                        F         C
We said we'll run 'em to Atlanta and to Galveston Bay

                                       F          C     F          C
But they ran us back to Washington and Philadelphia and Philadelphia


                                        F                 C
And then the general doffed his hat and said let's rest a spell

                                         F           C
And for the first time we all heard that awful rebel yell

                             F             C
The waters of Manassas creek became a ruby red

                                  F              C
And many a Reb and Yankee boy lay in the willows dead


                                        F         C
We said we'll run 'em to Atlanta and to Galveston Bay

                                       F          C     F          C
But they ran us back to Washington and Philadelphia and Philadelphia


                                    F               C
A fight locked in the chest of time too horrible to tell

                                  F                C
Virginny's true green countryside became a lake of hell

                                                  F                      C
Don't count your chicks before they're hatched or you'll work until it's done

                               F              C
Remember yes remember long the Battle of Bull Run


                                        F         C
We said we'll run 'em to Atlanta and to Galveston Bay

                                       F          C     F          C
But they ran us back to Washington and Philadelphia and Philadelphia