Lookout Mountain

November of ‘63

High above went down to sea

We were home in the lookout mountain

Couldn’t see down through the clouds

But there wasn’t any doubt

That there were Yankees there

Beyond the counting

The union guns began to roar

Firing up from the valley floor

And through the mist

It look like lightning

Muskets loud and blank

Up through the fall they came

I will not lie

Lord it was frightening

And the captain said

Boys ritsel high

If you listen you’ll hear Gabriel’s trumpets sounding

And heaven’s just a step away

For the brave men who will die on lookout mountain

Our cannons could not fire

Straight down mountain side

And the yankee boys, they drew closer

The odds were 6 to 1

So the captain ground said son

And you were wrong

I told him: no sir

In the driving rain

With the powder gone

We sent boulders crashing down around them

Well we done our bid

But they would not turn

We could not hold them off on lookout mountain

We saw that all hope was gone

With the thought of the folks at home

If we ran in the woods

Surely disgrace them

Slowly as the bullets flew

But it was just one thing to do

I sit in prayer

Turned to face them

Well we shot them down

But there was no pain

In the darkness one more rebel heart stopped pounding

At the morning light

I was glory bound

Before the rakes put the union flag on lookout mountain

At the morning light

I was glory bound

Before the rakes put the union flag on lookout mountain