文本歌词

Oh have you heard the glorious news is the cry from every mouth
Charleston is taken and the rebels put to rout
And Beauregard the chivalrous he ran to save his bacon
When he saw General Sherman's Yanks and Charleston is taken
With a whack rowdy-dow
A hunkey boy is General Sherman
Whack rowdy-dow
Invincible is he
This South Carolina chivalry they once did loudly boast
That the footsteps of a Union man should ne'er pollute their coast
They'd fight the Yankees two to one who only fought for booty
But when the udsills came along it was Legs do your duty
With a whack rowdy-dow
Babylon is fallen
Whack rowdy-dow
The end is drawing near
And from the Sacred City this valiant warlike throng
Skedaddled in confusion although thirty thousand strong
Without a shot without a blow or least sign of resistance
And leaving their poor friends behind with the Yankees for assistance
With a whack rowdy-dow
How are you Southern chivalry
Whack rowdy-dow
Your race is nearly run
And again o'er Sumter's battered walls the Stars and Stripes do fly
While the chivalry of Sixty-one in the Last ditch lie
With Sherman Grant and Porter too to lead our men to glory
We'll squash poor Jeff's confederacy and then get Hunkydory
With a whack rowdy-dow
How are you neutral Johnny Bull
Whack rowdy-dow
We'll settle next with you