G C G Oh have you heard the glorious news? Is the cry from every mouth G C G D Charleston is taken and the rebels put to rout G C And Beauregard the chivalrous, he ran to save his bacon G When he saw general Sherman's yanks C D And Charleston is taken G C With a whack row-di-dow, a hunky boy is general Sherman G C D G Whack row-di-dow, invincible is he [Verse 2] G C G The South Carolina chivalry, they once did loudly boast G C G D That the footsteps of a Union man should ne'er pollute their coast G C They'd fight the yankees two to one, who only fought for booty G C D But when the mudsills came along, it was legs do your duty G C With a whack row-di-dow, Babylon has fallen G C D G Whack row-di-dow, the end is drawing near [Verse 3] G C G And from the sacred city, this valiant warlike throng G C G D Skedaddled in confusion although 30, 000 strong G C Without a shot, without a blow, or least sign of resistence G C D And leaving their poor friends behind with the yankees for assisstence G C With a whack row-di-dow, how are you southern chivalry? G C D G Whack row-di-dow, your race is nearly run [Verse 4] G C G And again o'er Sumpter's battered walls the stars and stripes do fly G C G D While the chivalry of 61, in the last ditch does lie G C With Sherman, Grant and Porter too, to lead our men to glory G C D We'll squash old Jeff's Confederacy and then get hunky-dory G C With a whack row-di-dow, how are you neutral Johnny Bull? G C D G Whack row-di-dow, we'll settle next with you
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