Ballad of Oxford (Jimmy Meredith)
I'll sing you a song about a southern town where the devil had his rul
When marshalls faced an angry mob to send one man to schoo
His name was Jimmy Meredit
the tide he helped to tur
For he chose to stay on that terrible da
The land was soon to lear
There was blood, red blood, on their hands
Yellow dirt on their clothe
What they thought they were doing
Only god and the devil know
There was hate, cold hate, in their hearts
Shot from their souls like a gu
And as they threw their stones and bricks
They screamed, "see what you have done!"
The governor made a promise he would keep the trouble dow
But when the mob got ugly no troopers could be foun
And men were filled with hate and fear
They screamed into the nigh
The rebel flag waved in the ai
The symbol of state's right
There was blood, red blood, on their hands
Yellow dirt on their clothe
What they thought they were doing
Only god and the devil know
There was hate, cold hate, in their hearts
Shot from their souls like a gu
And as they threw their stones and bricks
They screamed, "see what you have done!"
Gas was fired into the mob after each attac
And though the gas was running low, they never fired bac
And when the smoke had cleared and the fury felt its pai
Two men were dead and a hundred ble
The south had risen agai
So listen Mr Barnet, and Mr Walker, to
The times are changing mighty fast, they'll roll right over yo
But someday you'll head for the south, to the southern tip of hel
And it's hot down there, white-hot down ther
Let's hear your rebel yell
There was blood, red blood, on their hands
Yellow dirt on their clothe
What they thought they were doing
Only god and the devil know
There was hate, cold hate, in their hearts
Shot from their souls like a gu
And as they threw their stones and bricks
They screamed, "see what you have done!"
"See what you have done!"
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