Lyrics The Fall Of Charleston - Tennessee Ernie Ford

Oh have you heard the glorious news? Is the cry from every mouth
Charleston is taken and the rebels put to rout
And Beauregard the chivalrous, he ran to save his bacon
When he saw general Sherman's yanks
And Charleston is taken
With a whack row-di-dow, a hunky boy is general Sherman
Whack row-di-dow, invincible is he

The South Carolina chivalry, they once did loudly boast
That the footsteps of a Union man should ne'er pollute their coast
They'd fight the yankees two to one, who only fought for booty
But when the mudsills came along, it was legs do your duty
With a whack row-di-dow, Babylon has fallen
Whack row-di-dow, the end is drawing near

And from the sacred city, this valiant warlike throng
Skedaddled in confusion although 30, 000 strong
Without a shot, without a blow, or least sign of resistence
And leaving their poor friends behind with the yankees for assisstence
With a whack row-di-dow, how are you southern chivalry?
Whack row-di-dow, your race is nearly run

And again o'er Sumpter's battered walls the stars and stripes do fly
While the chivalry of 61, in the last ditch does lie
With Sherman, Grant and Porter too, to lead our men to glory
We'll squash old Jeff's Confederacy and then get hunky-dory
With a whack row-di-dow, how are you neutral Johnny Bull?
Whack row-di-dow, we'll settle next with you