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Greetings and Salutations to All my Kith and Kin and All the Ships in Outer Space:
For the best effect, please be sure to enjoy watching, in "FULL SCREEN" mode, my homemade amateur video recording of ME (!), performing, "JOHNNY REB", as I accompany myself by strumming simple chords on my Yamaha G-130A classical guitar.
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"JOHNNY REB"
CHORUS:
You fought all the way,
Johnny Reb, Johnny Reb!
You fought all the way,
Johnny Reb!
VERSE # 1:
I saw you a marching
With Robert E. Lee.
You held your head high,
Trying to win the victory.
You fought for your folks.
But, you didn't die in vain.
Even though you lost,
They speak highly of your name.
VERSE # 2:
I heard your teeth chatter
From the cold outside.
Saw the bullets open up
The wounds in your side.
I saw the young boys
As they began to fall.
You had tears in your eyes,
'Cause you couldn't help at all.
VERSE # 3:
I saw General Lee
Raise the sabre in his hand.
I heard the cannon roar
As you made your last stand.
You marched into battle
With the gray and the red.
When the cannon smoke cleared,
Took days to count the dead.
VERSE # 4:
When Honest Abe heard
The news about your fall,
Folks thought he'd
Call a great victory ball.
But, he asked the band
To play the song, "DIXIE",
For you, Johnny Reb,
And all that you believe.
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Recorded in Washington, D.C., at the Armed Forces Retirement Home, on Wednesday 25 November 2009.
Thank you.
John Robert Mallernee
Washington, D.C. 20011
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Greetings and Salutations to All my Kith and Kin and All the Ships in Outer Space:
For the best effect, please be sure to enjoy watching, in "FULL SCREEN" mode, my homemade amateur video recording of ME (!), performing, "JOHNNY REB", as I accompany myself by strumming simple chords on my Yamaha G-130A classical guitar.
_______________________________
"JOHNNY REB"
CHORUS:
You fought all the way,
Johnny Reb, Johnny Reb!
You fought all the way,
Johnny Reb!
VERSE # 1:
I saw you a marching
With Robert E. Lee.
You held your head high,
Trying to win the victory.
You fought for your folks.
But, you didn't die in vain.
Even though you lost,
They speak highly of your name.
VERSE # 2:
I heard your teeth chatter
From the cold outside.
Saw the bullets open up
The wounds in your side.
I saw the young boys
As they began to fall.
You had tears in your eyes,
'Cause you couldn't help at all.
VERSE # 3:
I saw General Lee
Raise the sabre in his hand.
I heard the cannon roar
As you made your last stand.
You marched into battle
With the gray and the red.
When the cannon smoke cleared,
Took days to count the dead.
VERSE # 4:
When Honest Abe heard
The news about your fall,
Folks thought he'd
Call a great victory ball.
But, he asked the band
To play the song, "DIXIE",
For you, Johnny Reb,
And all that you believe.
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| Andrew Martin Chandler and Silas Chandler |
Recorded in Washington, D.C., at the Armed Forces Retirement Home, on Wednesday 25 November 2009.
Thank you.
John Robert Mallernee
Washington, D.C. 20011
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