Marching Through Georgia --- Henry Clay Work (1865)
[A]Bring the good old bugle boys, we’ll [D]sing another [A]song.
Sing it with a spirit that will [B7]start the world a-[E7]long.
[A]Sing it as we [D]used to sing it, [A]fifty thousand [D]strong,
[A]While we were marching through [E]Geor-[A]gia.
Hur-[A]rah! Hurrah! We [D]bring the jubi-[A]lee!
Hurrah! Hurrah! The [E]flag that makes you free!
[A]So we sang the [D]chorus from At-[A]lanta to the [D]sea,
[A]While we were marching through [E]Geor-[A]gia.
[A]How the people shouted when they [D]heard the joyful [A]sound!
How the turkeys gobbled which our [B7]commissary [E7]found!
[A]How the sweet po-[D]tatoes even [A]started from the [D]ground,
[A]While we were marching through [E]Geor-[A]gia.
Hur-[A]rah! Hurrah! We [D]bring the jubi-[A]lee!
Hurrah! Hurrah! The [E]flag that makes you free!
[A]So we sang the [D]chorus from At-[A]lanta to the [D]sea,
[A]While we were marching through [E]Geor-[A]gia.
[A]Yes, and there were Union men who [D]wept with joyful [A]tears,
When they saw the honoured flag they [B7]had not seen for [E7]years.
[A]Hardly could they [D]be restrained from [A]breaking out in [D]cheers,
[A]While we were marching through [E]Geor-[A]gia
Hur-[A]rah! Hurrah! We [D]bring the jubi-[A]lee!
Hurrah! Hurrah! The [E]flag that makes you free!
[A]So we sang the [D]chorus from At-[A]lanta to the [D]sea,
[A]While we were marching through [E]Geor-[A]gia.
[A] “Sherman’s dashing Yankee boys will [D]never reach the [A]coast!”
So the saucy Rebels said, and [B7] ‘twas a handsome [E7]boast.
[A]Had they not for-[D]got, alas, to [A]reckon with the [D]host,
[A]While we were marching through [E]Geor-[A]gia.
Hur-[A]rah! Hurrah! We [D]bring the jubi-[A]lee!
Hurrah! Hurrah! The [E]flag that makes you free!
[A]So we sang the [D]chorus from At-[A]lanta to the [D]sea,
[A]While we were marching through [E]Geor-[A]gia.
[A]So we made a thoroughfare for [D]Freedom and Her [A]train,
Sixty miles in latitude, three [B7]hundred to the [E7]main.
[A]Treason fled be-[D]fore us, for re-[A]sistance was in [D]vain,
[A]While we were marching through [E]Geor-[A]gia.
Hur-[A]rah! Hurrah! We [D]bring the jubi-[A]lee!
Hurrah! Hurrah! The [E]flag that makes you free!
[A]So we sang the [D]chorus from At-[A]lanta to the [D]sea,
[A]While we were marching through [E]Geor-[A]gia.