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Virginias Bloody Soil

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Four years of hard work!

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[Verse 1]
Am Am G Am
Come all you loyal Unionists, wherever you may be
C E
I hope you’ll pay attention and listen unto me
Am C
For well you know the blood and woe, the misery and the toil
Am Am Em Am
It took to down Secessionist ranks on Virginia’s bloody soil

[Verse 2]
Am Am G Am
When our good old flag, Stars and Stripes, from Sumter’s walls was hurled
C E
And high o’erhead on the forwardest walls the Rebels’ flag unfurled
Am C
It aroused each loyal Unionist and caused his blood to boil
Am Am Em Am
For to see that flag, Secessionist rag, on Virginia’s bloody soil

[Verse 3]
Am Am G Am
Then from the hills and mountain tops there came that wild alarm
C E
Rise up, ye gallant sons of north, our country calls to arms!
Am C
Come from the plains o’er hill and dale, ye hardy sons of toil
Am Am Em Am
For our flag is trampled in the dust of Virginia’s bloody soil

[Verse 4]
Am Am G Am
And thousands left their natives homes, some never to return
C E
And many’s the wife and family, dear, were left behind to mourn
Am C
There was one who went among them, who, from danger would not recoil
Am Am Em Am
Now his bones lie bleaching on the fields of Virginia’s bloody soil

[Verse 5]
Am Am G Am
When on the field of battle, he never was afraid
C E
When cannons loud would rattle, he stood there undismayed
Am C
When bullets bullets rained about him, he stood there with a smile
Am Am Em Am
He said, “We’ll conquer, boys, or leave our bones on Virginia’s bloody soil.”

[Verse 6]
Am Am G Am
In the great fight of the Wilderness, where many a brave man fell
C E
He boldy led his comrades on through Rebel shot and shell
Am C
The wounded ‘round they strewed the ground, the dead lay heaped in piles
Am Am Em Am
Their comrades weltered in their blood on Virginia’s bloody soil.

[Verse 7]
Am Am G Am
The Rebels fought like fury, or tigers drove to bay
C E
They knew full well, if truth they’d tell, they wouldn’t win the day
Am C
It was hand-to-hand they fought ‘em. The struggle fierce and wild
Am Am Em Am
Till a bullet pierced our Captain’s brain on Virginia’s bloody soil

[Verse 8]
Am Am G Am
But a-bove that din of battle, what was that dreadful cry?
C E
The woods were all afire, where our dead and wounded lie!
Am C
The sight to behold next morning would make the stoutest heart recoil
Am Am Em Am
To see the charred remains of thousands o' souls on Virginia’s bloody soil

[Verse 9]
Am Am G Am
And now our Hero’s sleeping with thousands of the brave
C E
No marble slab does mark the place that shows where he was laid
Am C
He died to save our Union; he’s free of care and toil
Am Am Em Am
Thank God the Stars and Stripes still wave above Virginia’s soil