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Intro
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My Molly won't love me and she won't tell me why,
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So I'll join Price's Army and fight till I die,
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I don't mind the Federals they just make me mad,
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When Molly won't love me it hurts me so bad.
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I'm a pore rebel soldier a long ways from home,
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The fuzzy's and the federals won't leave me a-lone,
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The fuzzy's and the federals have caused me to roam,
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I'm a pore rebel soldier and a long ways from home.
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My mammy's against me she says it's a shame,
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To go with the rebels if fightings my game,
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My brothers ole Sherman and my daddys ole Grants,
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But I'll stay with Price till they take off my pants.
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I'm a pore rebel soldier a long ways from home,
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The fuzzy's and the federals won't leave me a-lone,
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The fuzzy's and the federals have caused me to roam,
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I'm a pore rebel soldier and a long ways from home.
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They say it's all over Price laid down the law,
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So I'll go back home and have hell with my Pa,
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They may take my Country and they may take my gun,
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But I'll still be a rebel and a true Southern son.
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I'll hang up my rifle and give up my gin,
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And hope that my Molly will love me a-gin',
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I'll build me a cabin on the mountain top high,
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I'll be a good rebel till the day that I die
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I'm a pore rebel soldier a long ways from home,
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The fuzzy's and the federals won't leave me a-lone,
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The fuzzy's and the federals have caused me to roam,
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I'm a pore rebel soldier and a long ways from home.
Written by Jimmie Driftwood