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Grandpa I've been thinking bout you lately 

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Wondering if you'd found your peace of mind 

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I bet you'd be proud to know your grandsons 

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Never crossed that Mason Dixon line 


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And I still sing the old songs that you taught me 

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And I still pray to Jesus now and then 

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And just like you I wish that He would save me 

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To see the day the south will rise again 


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Daddy wore his Purple Heart so proudly 

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Long before he turned into a man 

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Buried with our flag across his casket 

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I was still too young to understand 


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And I still sing the old songs that you taught me 

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And I still pray to Jesus now and then 

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And just like you I wish that He would save me 

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To see the day the south will rise again 


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Mama spent her last years in the garden 

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While brother took his turn behind the gun 

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Lord I'd give my life to find the freedom 

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Lost within the old songs that you sung 


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And I still sing the old songs that you taught me 

      C             D7            G 
And I still pray to Jesus now and then 

    C               D7                 G 
And just like you I wish that He would save me 

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To see the day the south will rise again