Rob Carriker, "Marching Through Georgia" from Over There! Songs from America's Wars (Mike Papa Whiskey)
Commentary: I know & acknowledge that it is un-Christian, even anti-Christian, to hate anyone, but I struggle mightily not to hate the Confederates, despite the saintly President Lincoln's supremely Christian admonition to act "with malice toward none."
Ring the good old bugle, boys, we'll sing another song,
Sing it with a spirit that will start the world along,
Sing it as we used to sing it fifty thousand strong
While we were marching through Georgia!
Hoorah! Hoorah! We bring the jubilee!
Hoorah! Hoorah! The flag that makes you free!
So we sang the chorus from Atlanta to the sea
While we were marching through Georgia!
Yes, and there were Union men who wept with joyful tears
When they saw the honored flag they had not seen for years,
Hardly could they be restrained from breaking forth in cheers
While we were marching through Georgia!
Hoorah! Hoorah We bring the jubilee!, etc.
"Sherman's dashing Yankee boys will never reach the coast,"
So the saucy rebels said, it was a handsome boast
Had they not forgot, alas, to reckon with the host
While we were marching through Georgia!
Hoorah! Hoorah We bring the jubilee!, etc.
So we made a thoroughfare for freedom and her train,
Sixty miles in latitude, three hundred to the main,
Treason fled before us for resistance was in vain,
While we were marching through Georgia!
Hoorah! Hoorah! We bring the jubilee!
Hoorah! Hoorah! The flag that makes you free!
So we sang the chorus from Atlanta to the sea
While we were marching through Georgia!
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