The Final Confederate- Rebel Son
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He was just a boy in (C)summer of (D)6(G)1
When he was mustered in to march with the men beating (C)signals (D)on his (G)drum
How excited he (C)is to help con(D)serve the Carolina (G)country he so a(C)dores
With father and big (Em)brother by his (G)side he (D)marches off to (G)war
62 came and went and (C)so did (D)6(G)3
still a boy but now a man much younger than a (C)man is (D)supposed to (G)be
he watched (C)valor he watched (D)courage he watched (G)horror he watched (C)pain
he (Em)watched his brother (G)die and his (D)daddy just the (G)same
64 came and went now (C)spring of (D)6(G)5 
he walks home all alone weary wondering how and (C)why hes (D)still a(G)live
his family’s farm still (C)there but barren with (D)mother and sister (G)both ill with fever and (C)flu
he had already lost the (Em)men in his (G)life and to(D)night his ladies (G)too
Piano Break    
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now an old man looks back on a hundred (C)years that (D)seem un(G)real
no more wagons or horses or mules now (C)airplanes and (D)automo(G)biles
the old family (C)farm homeplace (D)turned into sky(G)scrapers and con(C)crete
and the battle(Em)field where his daddy was (G)killed now a (D)busy city (G)street
the world changed and rearranged all strange leaving (C)all he (D)loved be(G)hind 
now hes the last one left he lived and saw it all the (C)last one (D)of his (G)kind
he lies down and shuts (C)his eyes for the (D)last time in this new (G)world hes never be(C)longed
he softly speaks “(Em)Please Lord (G)Jesus (D)take me (G)home”
he wakes to a sunny day standing at a country gate where open (C)arms in(D)vite him (G)in
he looks down at the arms of his own and sees that (C)he’s a (D)youth a(G)gain
he marches in and his (C)family and his (D)comrades all em(G)brace and welcome (C)him
theres (Em)no place like (G)home unrecon(D)*structed til the (G)*end

So Hoo(G)*rah for our southrons who (G)*all took their (C)*stand
To (Em)*fight to de(C)*fend their (G)*family’s home (D)*land
For the (G)*blood and the price they (G)*paid for us (C)*all
(Em)*Hoorah (D)*Hoorah for you (G)all  (D)
Hoo(G)rah for the mothers of all the brave (C)sons
Hoo(Em)rah for the (C)brothers who (G)all became (D)one
For (G)our valiant countrymen who answered their (C)call
(Em)Hoorah (D)Hoorah for you (G)all  (D)
Hoo(G)rah for the wives left widowed and a(C)lone
Hoo(Em)rah for our (C)heroes who (G)never came (D)home
For (G)our warriors who watched their fathers (C)fall
(Em)Hoorah (D)Hoorah for you (G)all  (D)
Hoo(G)rah for the future they dreamed theyd all (C)see
Old (Em)times not for(C)gotten and (G)never will (D)be
For the (G)bolden allegiance to uphold our (C)cause 
(Em)Hoorah (D)Hoorah for you (G)all  (D) Yes
(G)(C)(Em)(C)(G)(D)(G)(C)(Em)(D)(G)(D)
Hoo(G)*rah for the men we wish we(G)* could have (C)*know
Rebel(Em)*ry cross of (C)*honor on (G)*every tomb (D)*stone
For (G)*our guns in gray who stood (G)*countenance so (C)*tall
Hoo(Em)rah Hoo(D)rah for you (G)all   (C)
Hoo(Em)rah Hoo(D)rah for you (C)all   (G)*