The Southern Girl's Reply
Traditional
- Music written by
- [Traditional]
- Lyrics written by
- Pearl Rivers
- Language
- English
- Comments
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Civil War-themed song derived from the lyrics of Pearl Rivers' 1865 poem "True to the Gray" and the traditional melody used in The Bonnie Blue Flag and the Irish Jaunting Car. The poem and song recount "The southern girl tells how her youngest brother and her lover were slain in the Civil War; she will not marry a northerner who fought to kill them".
I cannot listen to your words, the land's too far and wide
Go seek some happy northern girl to be your loving bride.
My brothers they were soldiers. The youngest of the three
Was slain while fighting by the side of Gen'ral Fitzhugh Lee.
cho: Hurrah! Hurrah! For the sunny south I say
Three cheers for the southern girl
And the boy that wore the gray. - Licensing
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