Oh Polly Oh Polly its for your sake alone
I have left my old Father, my Country, my home
I have left my old Mother to weep and to mourn
I am a rebel soldier, and far from my home
The grape shot and musket and the cannons lumber lie
Its many a mangled body the blanket for the shroud
Its many a mangled body left on the fields alone
I am a rebel soldier and far from my home
Here is a good old cup of brandy and a glass of wine
You can drink to your true love and I will drink to mine
You can drink to your true love and I will lament and moan
I am a rebel soldier and far from my home
I will build me a castle on some green mountain high
Where I can see Polly when she is passing by
Where I can see Polly and help her to mourn
I am a rebel soldier and far from my home
The flag stands for freedom and southern heritage I have people come up and shake my hand for flying it on my jeep there is a lot of supporters like this comment if you support the confederate flag
As a proud South Carolinian, I am ashamed that the media has demonized that memorial to the 13,000 Scarolinians who lost their lives. If people could pull their head out of the msm and read a few letters written by soldiers, they would understand that the war had many very different meanings to each individual. This entire situation disgusts me
People always say that the Confederates were bad....but they seem to forget that these were literally brothers fighting against each other. God loved men on both sides, and so should we.
GOTTA LOVE THOSE CIVIL WAR SONGS they send chills sad war but you must respect both sides right or wrong. that war has a ghost like romantic feel about it
brother against brother family against family thru- the woods, across the fields over the smokey mountains. black coffee,tobacco,corn whiskey, the smell of gun powder. LEE , GRANT you know what i mean.
and remember "ONE WITH NO REGARD FOR THE PAST HAS LITTLE HOPE FOR THE FUTURE"
GLAD YOU AGREE. YOU MUST BE A REAL AMERICAN.
THANKS FOR THE VIDEO. AL BOSTON,MA.
There is a fourth verse to this song:
""I will build me a castle on some green mountain high
Where I can see Polly when she is passing by
Where I can see Polly and help her to mourn
I am a rebel soldier and far from my home
What these animals have done to southern statues and assorted historical items is criminal . You dont have to agree with the sentiment behind them but its your history and you should protect and respect it . history shapes not only the past but our future and without its images etc both good and bad ( depending on your stand point) we run the risk of making the same mistakes again . Not only the history but a lot of these memorials are erected to commemorate the brave men who gave their lives for something they believed in deeply . that alone deserves our respect . If you dont start thinking it will be to late . once things are destroyed they cannot be brought back . civil wars are the worst of any wars . brothers killing brothers . so much pain .