Civil War Song

To the Meter/ Tune of Skye Boat

What Kind of life
Does the Union protect?
What kind of life have we?
Conflict and strife,
North against South
What are we going to see?
Father and son,
Mother and child
Fall apart in the fight.
Lasting so long,
Falling so hard,
When will God show his might?
What Kind of life
Does the Union protect?
What kind of life have we?
Conflict and strife,
North against South
What are we going to see?
Cannonade blast,
Horror and pain
Come through this bloody War.
Freedom to live?
Freedom to own?
What are we fighting for?
What Kind of life
Does the Union protect?
What kind of life have we?

Conflict and strife,

North against South
What are we going to see?
When will it end?
We must have hope.
Valued rights must be won.
We must press forth,
Strong in our faith:
Victory is to come.
What Kind of life
Does the Union protect?
What kind of life have we?
Conflict and strife,
North against South
What are we going to see?
Now the wars done.
Blacks are now free.
Battles are in the past.
As the years fly,
Decades pass by,
Will theses, our Freedoms, Last
What kind of life
Does the Union protect?
What kind of life have you?
Conflict and strife,
Faith against friends.
What are you going to do?