Shovels & Rope - Missionary Ridge lyrics

[Verse 1] It was a faction of the Army of the Cumberland The 15th Army Corps Just a few years back they were a bunch of boys Who'd never left home before But the shame of Chickamauga So hungry they could almost die Without any order from the general They clambered up the mountainside (Clambered up the mountainside) [Chorus] Don't go whistling Dixie on Missionary Ridge Don't call to arms those poltergeists, open up the casket lids You'll wake those boys to wander among the old carnage So don't go whistling Dixie on Missionary Ridge [Verse 2] On the 25th of November It happened in the broad daylight Gazing down on Chattanooga Bragg did not foresee the fight Outnumbered by the Blue Coats two to one He tucked his tail to flee The Union broke the Confederate line And marched south to the sea (Marched south to the sea) [Chorus] Ooh ooh ooh Ooh ooh ooh [Bridge] In the stillness of the morning When you breathe that mountain air The chill that you will feel Reminds you of what happened there When the light drips down the mountain And the fog lifts from its face The darkness of that memory lies buried at a sunny place [Chorus] Ooh ooh ooh