The sun shown bright and clear that day   We all left Washington   To lick the Rebel boys in grey    At the Battle of Bull Run   They came from Pennsylvania and some from Maryland   To see the Rebel boys get spanked by Honest Abe's broad hand      We said we'll run 'em to Atlanta and to Galveston Bay   But they ran us back to Washington and Philadelphia   And Philadelphia      The ladies wore their brightest shawls   The gentlemen were gay   They came to see their Yankee boys WHIP old Virginia   I held my momma's hand and skipped   When a soldier said to me   Would you rather have Jeff Davis' hat or the sword of Bobbie Lee      We said we'll run 'em to Atlanta and to Galveston Bay   But they ran us back to Washington and Philadelphia   And Philadelphia      And then the general doffed his hat and said let's rest a spell   And for the first time we all heard that awful rebel yell   The waters of MANASSAS creek became a ruby red   and many a Reb and Yankee boy lay in the willows dead      We said we'll run 'em to Atlanta and to Galveston Bay   But they ran us back to Washington and Philadelphia   And Philadelphia      A fight locked in the chest of time too horrible to tell   Virginny's true green countryside became a lake of hell   Don't count your chicks before they're hatched   Or you'll work until it's done   Remember yes remember long the Battle of Bull Run      We said we'll run 'em to Atlanta and to Galveston Bay   But they ran us back to Washington and Philadelphia   And Philadelphia