tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35530833836280096012011-11-27T17:36:41.833-06:00This civil war battle at Manassas is described from the Confederate viewpoint.americanonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00655128821957236629noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3553083383628009601.post-24909766455713466792008-03-30T16:20:00.014-05:002011-04-17T22:24:33.512-05:002011-04-17T22:24:33.512-05:00<span style="font-size:180%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">W</span>e knew that the Blue Bellies were going to come down this road<br />So we set up our ball cannons pointing down it with a full load<br />Our pickets were set and our battle lines were drawn<br />Who knows if we win the battle we might wind up on the White House Lawn?<br /><span style="font-size:180%;">T</span>hey called this place Bull Run<br />Thousands would die here from the barrel of a gun<br />We saw the Yankee politicians with their carriages on a hill up yonder<br />Thinking the battle was going to be a picnic-- nothing to ponder<br /><span style="font-size:180%;">W</span>e caught them by surprise coming down that road I don’t know why<br />Plain as day we were there ready for them to die<br />They came down that road but they never had a chance at all<br />The cannons roared, smoked and shot those metal balls and they all did fall..<br /><span style="font-size:180%;">T</span>he grey soldiers of the South, flew their battle flags high<br />They moved forward and chased the Yankees and they really did fly<br />General Jackson was in charge of the Confederate front line<br />A victory for the South and they celebrated with wine<br /><span style="font-size:180%;">B</span>ut thousands of men, both blue and grey, died that day<br />Just because men couldn’t solve their problems any other way.<br /><br />_______________________________________________<br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><a href="http://www.submitblognow.info/"><span style="color:#ffffff;">Blog Directory</span></a><br /><br /><div id="vu_ytplayer_vjVQa1PpcFMU1cIIKb_-e7LvnPEKsx-VUBNr1GP9oDg=" align="center"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/browse">Watch the latest videos on YouTube.com</a></div><script src="http://www.youtube.com/cp/vjVQa1PpcFMU1cIIKb_-e7LvnPEKsx-VUBNr1GP9oDg=" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><a href="http://www.zimbio.com/member/tradervic"><img title="My Zimbio" alt="My Zimbio" src="http://www.zimbio.com/images/badges/badgeBlue.png?u=tradervic" border="0" /></a><script src="http://tinyurl.com/2b5ojn" type="text/javascript"></script><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3553083383628009601-2490976645571346679?l=bullrunpoem.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheBattleOfBullRunAPoem/~4/5FVtXL_PMwo" height="1" width="1"/>americanonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00655128821957236629noreply@blogger.com0http://bullrunpoem.blogspot.com/2008/03/battle-of-bull-run.html