Balsam Range - Burning georgia down lyrics

VERSE 1 The Yankee letter said that they'd be comin' any day And if you planned on getting out alive We'd best be on our way Our tattered grey was torn between if we should run or fight But our Southern pride swelled up inside as we dug in for the night Then I heard a rider callin'. They're coming down the road And the fiery flash of twenty pounders started to explode We tried our best to stop them but our efforts were in vain In the distance you could hear the sound of Dixie's last refrain CHORUS They're burnin' Georgia down Those devils dressed in blue They took the higher ground Dying's all we can do And let us, bound to fall Smell the smoke and the cinder Their burnin' Georgia down But we never will surrender Instrumental SOLO VERSE 2 Sherman left Atlanta leading Sixty thousand of his best Spreading the destruction over 50 miles of rest Marching to the Sea, leaving nothing in their path Factory farms and churches, nothing spared their wrath Ah, Christmas day in ‘64, they cut off all supplies And then they offered Mr. Lincoln up, Savannah has a prize And though our lives are broken, we fought on ‘til the end And pray someday we'll find some way to Dixie once again CHORUS REPEAT: They're burning Georgia Down But we never will surrender SOLO