Marching Through Georgia

LYRICS

Bring the good ol' Bugle boys! We'll sing another song,

Sing it with a spirit that will start the world along,

Sing it like we used to sing it fifty thousand strong,

While we were marching through Georgia

Hurrah! Hurrah! We bring the Jubilee.

Hurrah! Hurrah! The flag that makes you free,

So we sang the chorus from Atlanta to the sea,

While we were marching through Georgia.

How the darkeys shouted when they heard the joyful sound,

How the turkeys gobbled which our commissary found,

How the sweet potatoes even started from the ground,

While we were marching through Georgia.

Yes and there were Union men who wept with joyful tears,

When they saw the honored flag they had not seen for years;

Hardly could they be restrained from breaking forth in cheers,

While we were marching through Georgia.

"Sherman's dashing Yankee boys will never make the coast!"

So the saucy rebels said and 'twas a handsome boast

Had they not forgot, alas! to reckon with the Host

While we were marching through Georgia.

So we made a thoroughfare for freedom and her train,

Sixty miles of latitude, three hundred to the main;

Treason fled before us, for resistance was in vain

While we were marching through Georgia.

Irish adaptation

One version of the chorus for Come In is as follows:

Come in, come in, I'll do the best I can

Come in, come in, bring the whole bloody clan

Take it slow and easy, and I'll shake you by the hand

Set you down, I'll treat you decent, I'm an Irishman

References

• Eicher, David J., The Longest Night: A Military History of the Civil War, Simon & Schuster, 2001, ISBN 0-684-84944-5.

External links

• "Marching Through Georgia", Harlan & Stanley (Edison Gold Moulded, 1904)—Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project.
• Marching Through Georgia sheet music.
• Marching Through Georgia MIDI.
• "I am a Union Man" - Marching Through Georgia.