General Patterson

We fought them at manassas

We fought them at their will

The next time, boys, we fight them

It will be on Richmond Hill

So I will lay ten dollars down

And count them one by one

If you just show me the man

That will be General Patterson

The Yankees took me prisoner,

They used me rough 'tis true.

They took from me my knapsack

And stole my blankets too.

So I will lay ten dollars down

And count them one by one

If you just show me the man

That will be General Patterson

The Yankees took me prisoner,

But if I could get parole,

I'd go right back and fight them,

I will, upon my soul.

So I will lay ten dollars down

And count them one by one

If you just show me the man

That will be General Patterson

So lay ten dollars down,

Or twenty if you choose,

For I can whip the scoundrel

That stole my army shoes.

So I will lay ten dollars down

And count them one by one

If you just show me the man

That will be General Patterson

Jeff Davis was a gentleman;

Abe Lincoln was a fool.

Jeff Davis rode a dapple gray;

Abe Lincoln rode a mule.

So I will lay ten dollars down

And count them one by one

If you just show me the man

That will be General Patterson

So I will lay ten dollars down

And count them one by one

If you just show me the man

That will be General Patterson