Song of Manassas Tobie Hoffman December 2014 One
story from the Second Battle of Manassas (Bull Run)
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We marched to Manassas Junction
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To seize the depot there
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Our hungry men half naked and wanting
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Oh, the sight that greeted us brought out the Rebel cheer
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As we were let loose on the
Federal bounty
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Knock
out the heads of the barrels fellas
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Whiskey,
brandy, and wine
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Streams
of spirits run like water through the sands
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Knock
out the heads of the barrels , shouted
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Jackson
down the line
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Get
down on your hands and knees
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drink
greedily all you need
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From
the grounds of Mannass Junction
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We pounced on oysters, biscuits, cheese,
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Sugar, coffee, ham
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Our gray and ragged uniforms a terrible sight to see
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What we stumbled on in the storehouses were splendid northern blue
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So we left the buildings lookin’
like damn Yankees
Chorus
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General Pope’s army closing in
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With 80,00 strong
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To finally beat the hide of Stonewall Jackson
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But we’d vanished from that blessed sight
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Ablaze as we marched off
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Taking what we could without askin’
