Well the mansion where the General used to live is burning down
Cottonfields are blue, with Sherman's troops
I overheard a Yankee say yesterday Nashville fell
So I'm on my way, to join the fight General Lee might need my help.
But look away, look away Dixie, I don't want them to see
What they're doing to my Dixie, God Bless Robert E. Lee.
Sherman's troops, burned Atlanta, and the flames lit up the sky
And those of us who survived it, are watchin' my Dixie die.
But today, at Appamattox, General Lee sat down
And surrended to the Yankees and Ulysses S. Grant.
So look away look away Dixie, I don't want them to see
What they're doing to my Dixie, God Bless Robert E. Lee.
I won't ever stop loving you my Dixie, till they put me in the ground
And the last words they probably hear from me are God Bless Robert E. Lee
Riff: (Slowly, let ring)