Johnny Cash - God Bless Robert E. Lee Lyrics
When Robert E. Lee surrendered the ConfederacyJefferson Davis was upset about itHe said, "How dare that man resent an orderForm the President of the Confederate States of America"Then somebody told him thatGeneral Lee had made the decision himselfIn order to save lives because he felt that the battle comin' upWould cost about twenty thousand lives on both sidesAnd he said two hundred forty thousand dead already is enoughSo this song is not about the north or the southBut about the bloody brother warBrother against brother, father against son, the war that nobody wonAnd for all those lives that were savedI gotta say God bless Robert E. LeeWell, the mansion where the General used to live is burning downCotton fields are blue with Sherman's troopsI overheard a Yankee say yesterday Nashville fellSo I'm on my way to join the fight General Lee might need my helpBut look away, look away, Dixie, I don't want them to seeWhat they're doing to my Dixie, God bless Robert E. LeeSherman's troops burned Atlanta and the flames lit up the skyAnd those of us who survived it are watchin' my Dixie dieBut today at Appomattox General Lee sat downAnd surrendered to the Yankees and Ulysses S GrantSo look away, look away DixieI won't ever stop loving you, my Dixie, till they put me in the groundAnd the last words they probablyHear from me are God bless Robert E. Lee
