Mr. Confederate Man - Rebel Son (with lyrics) video free download

A song by the band Rebel Son.

I was just a little boy in elementary school

English and Math and Science class

Learning the golden rule

I learned how to add and how to subtract

How to multiply and divide

I learned about bugs and I learned about plants

And I learned how to read and write

But my most favorite class of all was my last class of the day

When my history teacher would tell us tales of old times long gone away

I was amazed at the way she knew all the people and their names and the places and the dates

Cuz when I first learned about General Lee and his 13 rebel states.

One day she came to school with a big brown grocery bag

She opened it up we all helped her hold her up

This great big X-shaped flag

She said "Class, now only a fool would tell you this flag is a symbol of hate

It represents the men who fought and died with pride for our Confederate states

Your assignment tonight, I want you to write, I want you to pretend

That one of these brave men came back to life,

What would you say to him

Well the school bell rang and I thought and I thought as the bus carried me across town

I got out my pencil and my notebook pad and this is what I wrote down

I wrote

Mr. Confederate man,

I'd like to shake your hand

For giving your life for Dixieland

Mr. Confederate man,

The next day in history class, I put my paper on the teacher's desk

Then she called me up in front of everyone, because she said she liked mine the best

As I walked up to the head of the class, my teacher smiled and she nodded at me

Then I saw a tear roll down her cheek as I began to read

I read

Mr. Confederate man,

I'd like to shake your hand

For giving your life for Dixieland

Mr. Confederate man,

I was at home reading through the news, just the other day

When I ran across my old teacher's name and I saw that she had passed away

With a bitter-sweet smile I looked up at my wall, a wrinkled paper and an old wood frame

Where underneath penciled words almost faded away, she had marked a great big red A

Plus

Mr. Confederate man,

I'd like to shake your hand

For giving your life for Dixieland

Mr. Confederate man,

I wrote

Mr. Confederate man,

I'd like to shake your hand

For giving your life for Dixieland

Mr. Confederate man...