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I was just a little boy in elementary school
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English and math and science class learnin the golden rule
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I learned how to add and how to subtract how to multiply and
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divide
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I learned about bugs and I learned about plants and I learned how to read and
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write
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But my most favorite class of all was my last class of the day
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When my history teacher would tell us tales of old times long gone away
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I was amazed at the way she knew all the people and their names and the places
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and the dates
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That’s when I first learned about General Lee and his thirteen rebel states
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One day she came to school with a big brown grocery bag
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She opened it up we all helped her hold ‘er up this great big X shaped flag
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She said, “class now only a fool would tell you this flag is a symbol of hate
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It represents the men who fought and died with pride for our Confederate States
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Your assignment tonight I want you to write I want you to pretend
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That one of these brave men came back to life now what would you say to him”
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Well the school bell rang and I thought and I thought as the bus carried me
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across town
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I got out my pencil and my notebook pad and this is what I wrote down I wrote
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Mr. Confederate Man I’d like to shake your hand for givin your life for
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Dixieland, Mr. Confederate Man
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The next day in history class I put my paper on my teacher’s desk
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Then she called me up in front of everyone because she said she liked mine the
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best
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As I walked up to the head of the class my teacher smiled and she nodded at me
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Then I saw a tear roll down ‘er cheek as I began to read I read
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Mr. Confederate Man I’d like to shake your hand for givin your life for
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Dixieland, Mr. Confederate Man
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Well I was at home readin through the news just the other day
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When I ran across my old teacher’s name and I saw that she had passed away
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With a bittersweet smile I looked up at my wall a wrinkled paper in an ol wood
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frame
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Where underneath penciled words almost faded away she had marked a great big red
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Mr. Confederate Man I’d like to shake your hand for givin your life for
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Dixieland, Mr. Confederate Man
I wrote
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Mr. Confederate Man I’d like to shake your hand for givin your life for
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Dixieland, Mr. Confederate Man
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Intro G Cadd9 D Em
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I was just a little boy in elementary school
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English and math and science class learnin the golden rule
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I learned how to add and how to subtract how to multiply and
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divide
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I learned about bugs and I learned about plants and I learned how to read and
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write
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But my most favorite class of all was my last class of the day
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When my history teacher would tell us tales of old times long gone away
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I was amazed at the way she knew all the people and their names and the places
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and the dates
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That’s when I first learned about General Lee and his thirteen rebel states
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One day she came to school with a big brown grocery bag
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She opened it up we all helped her hold ‘er up this great big X shaped flag
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She said, “class now only a fool would tell you this flag is a symbol of hate
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It represents the men who fought and died with pride for our Confederate States
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Your assignment tonight I want you to write I want you to pretend
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That one of these brave men came back to life now what would you say to him”
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Well the school bell rang and I thought and I thought as the bus carried me
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across town
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I got out my pencil and my notebook pad and this is what I wrote down I wrote
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Mr. Confederate Man I’d like to shake your hand for givin your life for
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Dixieland, Mr. Confederate Man
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The next day in history class I put my paper on my teacher’s desk
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Then she called me up in front of everyone because she said she liked mine the
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best
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As I walked up to the head of the class my teacher smiled and she nodded at me
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Then I saw a tear roll down ‘er cheek as I began to read I read
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Mr. Confederate Man I’d like to shake your hand for givin your life for
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Dixieland, Mr. Confederate Man
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Well I was at home readin through the news just the other day
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When I ran across my old teacher’s name and I saw that she had passed away
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With a bittersweet smile I looked up at my wall a wrinkled paper in an ol wood
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frame
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Where underneath penciled words almost faded away she had marked a great big red
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A …. Plus
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Mr. Confederate Man I’d like to shake your hand for givin your life for
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Dixieland, Mr. Confederate Man
I wrote
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Mr. Confederate Man I’d like to shake your hand for givin your life for
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Dixieland, Mr. Confederate Man
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