RIDING A RAID

According to the @2ndSouthCarolinaStringBand , this song was “Published by J. W. Randolph in Richmond in 1863. The composer was not credited. The melody is from the Scottish tune Bonnie Dundee. “ I was first introduced to this song by listening to Tennessee Ernie Ford. I learned this myself. Check out @2ndSouthCarolinaStringBand’s version here: I’m playing a Gardner’s Dulcimers Minstrel Banjo in an ’Open’ Gb Tuning. There’s old Stonewall the rebel who leans on his sword, and while we are mounting prays low to the lord, now each Cavalier that loves honor and right, let him follow the feather of Stuart tonight. Come tighten your belt and slacken your reins, come buckle your blanket and holster again, try the click of your trigger and balance your blade, for he must ride sure that goes riding a raid Now gallop, now gallop to swim or to ford, Stonewall still watching prays low to the lord goodbye dear old rebel, the river’s not wide, and Maryland’s light’s in her window to guide [come tighten your belt...] There’s a man in the White House with blood on his mouth, if there’s Knaves in the North then there’s Braves in the South, we are three thousand horses and not one afraid, we are three thousand sabers and not a dull blade [come tighten your belt...]