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You fought all the way Johnny Reb, Johnny Reb
You fought all the way Johnny Reb
Saw you a-marchin' with Robert E. Lee
You held your head high tryin' to win the victory
You fought for your folks but you didn't die in vain
Even though you lost, they speak highly of your name
'Cause you fought all the way Johnny Reb, Johnny Reb
You fought all the way Johnny Reb
I heard your teeth chatter from the cold outside
Saw the bullets open up the wounds in your side
I saw the young boys as they began to fall
You had tears in your eyes 'cause you couldn't help at all
But you fought all the way Johnny Reb, Johnny Reb
You fought all the way Johnny Reb
I saw General Lee raise a saber in his hand
Heard the cannons roar as you made your last stand
You marched into battle with the gray and the red
When the cannon smoke cleared, it took days to count the dead
'Cause you fought all the way Johnny Reb, Johnny Reb
You fought all the way Johnny Reb
When Honest Abe heard the news about your fall
The folks thought he'd call a great victory ball
But he asked the band to play the song Dixie
For you Johnny Reb and all that you believed
'Cause you fought all the way Johnny Reb, Johnny Reb
Yeah, you fought all the way Johnny Reb
You fought all the way Johnny Reb, Johnny Reb
You fought all the way Johnny Reb
You fought all the way Johnny Reb, Johnny Reb
Yeah, you fought all the way Johnny Reb
- Album:
- Country Masters: Johnny Horton
- Miscellaneous
- Honky Tonk Man: The Essential Johnny Horton 1956-1960
- America Remembers... Johnny Horton
- The Spectacular Johnny Horton
- The Johnny Horton Legend
- Johnny Horton 1956-1960
- Country Legend
- Country USA: 1959
- North to Alaska and Other Great Hits: The Early Album...
- Johnny Horton Makes History
- The World of Johnny Horton
- 100 Number One Country Hits
- Country & Western- Hits And Rarities Vol. 2
- Country Legends, Vol. 2
- Mississippi Delta Collection, Vol. 3
- Goin´ Country (Original Recordings)
- American Country & Western Vol. 3
- Red River Valley - Gene Autry & Friends
- Country Favourites, Vol. 11: Great Stories