I’m a Pore Rebel Soldier

[Verse 1]
My Molly won't love me and she won't tell me why
So I'll join Price's army and fight till I die
I don't mind the Federals, they just make me mad
But when Molly won't love me, it hurts me so bad

[Chorus]
I'm a poor rebel soldier, a long ways from home
The fusses and the Federals won't leave me alone
The fusses and the Federals have caused me to roam
I'm a poor rebel soldier and a long ways from home

[Verse 2]
My mammy's against me, she says it's a shame
To go with the rebels, if fightin's my game
My brother's ol' Sherman's, and my daddy's ol' Grant's
But I'll stay with Price till they take off my pants

[Chorus]
I'm a poor rebel soldier, a long ways from home
The fusses and the Federals won't leave me alone
The fusses and the Federals have caused me to roam
I'm a poor rebel soldier and a long ways from home

[Verse 3]
They say it's all over, Price laid down the law
So I'll go back home and have Hell with my Pa
They may take my country and they may take my gun
But I'll still be a rebel and a true Southern son

[Verse 4]
I'll hang up my rifle and give up my gin
And hope that my Molly will love me again
I'll build me a cabin on the mountaintop high
I'll be a good rebel till the day that I die

[Chorus]
I'm a poor rebel soldier, a long ways from home
The fusses and the Federals won't leave me alone
The fusses and the Federals have caused me to roam
I'm a poor rebel soldier and a long ways from home