Bobby Horton - The Kentucky Battle Song Lyrics
Deu|In the year of '61, we left our native land,Cause we could not bend our spirits tothe tyrant's stern command.So we rallied 'round our Buckner,while our hearts were sad and sore,To offer our blood for freedom as our fathersdid before....CHORUSAnd we'll march! march! march!to the music of the drum,We were driven forth in exile,from our old Kentucky home....When at first the southern flag unfurledits' folds upon the air,Its' stars had hardly gathered 'tilKentucky's sons were there.And we swore a solemn oath and sternlygathered roundWe would only live as freemen in thedark and bloody ground.With Buckner as our leaderand Morgan in the van,We'll plant the flag of freedomin our fair and happy land,We'll drive the tyrant's minionsto the Ohio's rolling flood,and dye her waves with crimsonwith the coward yankee blood..So cheer ye southern braves,you will soon see the day,When Kentucky's fairest daughterswill cheer you on your way,Then their proud old motherswill welcome one and all,for united we stand,but divided we fall!
