http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=283558 (this is a rap song for them to sing a long to.) Here are the words:
Civil War Song
1.This song
is for the scholars with the tunnel vision. Civil War is the course you account
the mission? When I step on the track student grades go up! Got A’s on deck,
like the braves! WHAT’S UP!!!!
2.The year
is 1861.
The south
secedes from the states’ union.
That’s bold,
we know, as the story unfolds.
11 States
formed their own America!
3.Constitution
for Confederates and Jefferson Davis was the President! At Lincoln’s
Inauguration on March 4th, he said he had no intentions to end slavery’s
course!
4. Excuse me
that’s a heck of a statement! My my my my can the country debate this? Dred
Scott did with his case, but the Supreme Court ruled that slaves were property.
5. Yes they
did, Yes they did! Somebody tell me about Abraham Lincoln. He restored the
union, linked the south up! 16th President chuck the deuce up!
6. Abe! Ok!
Ok! What you gonna do? Abolish slavery? Or count slaves 3/5 too? Can’t you hear
that boom, badoom, boom, boom, badoom, boom, bass. Yeah that’s that soldier’s
heart. boom, badoom, boom, boom, badoom, boom, bass. Yeah that’s that soldier’s
march.
7. The
Compromise of 1850. The state of Californina was admitted as Free. Can’t you
hear that boom, badoom, boom, boom, badoom, boom, bass. Yeah that’s that
soldier’s heart. boom, badoom, boom, boom, badoom, boom, bass. Yeah that’s that
soldier’s march.
8. This one
is for the boys up in Georgia. Who would battle against the Yanks and were
loyal. They could bang with the best if you ain’t know. But I think I like um
better without Jim Crow.
9. And I
think I like um better after Jimmy Carter. But let me tell you about the nation’s
best seller! Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote a book, everyone took a look and the
nation was in ahhhhh!!!
10. Excuse
me, F.Y.I. Did you know that Harriet Tubman was an American Spy? I mean why? To
save folk’s lives. I can tell that she was tough, she had freedom in her eyes.
11. Yes she
did! Yes she did! Somebody tell me about Abraham Lincoln. He restored the
union, linked the south up! 16th President chuck the deuce up!
12. Abe! Ok!
Ok! What you gonna do? Abolish slavery? Or count slaves 3/5 too? Can’t you hear
that boom, badoom, boom, boom, badoom, boom, bass. Yeah that’s that soldier’s
heart. boom, badoom, boom, boom, badoom, boom, bass. Yeah that’s that soldier’s
march!
13. The
Compromise of 1850. The state of Californina was admitted as Free. Can’t you
hear that boom, badoom, boom, boom, badoom, boom, bass. Yeah that’s that
soldier’s heart. boom, badoom, boom, boom, badoom, boom, bass. Yeah that’s that
soldier’s march.
14. See the
South needed slavery to stay! No, no, no, no, no the North proclaimed! No, no,
no, no, no it ends today!
So you got the Union and Confederate States. The
Battle of Antietam was the bloodiest day!
15. Can’t
you hear that boom, badoom, boom, boom bass.
Oh it be
like, boom, badoom, boom, boom, badoom, boom, bass. Can’t you hear that boom,
badoom, boom, boom, badoom, boom, bass
16. Abe! Ok!
Ok! What you gonna do? Abolish slavery? Or count slaves 3/5 too? Can’t you hear
that boom, badoom, boom, boom, badoom, boom, bass. Yeah that’s that soldier’s
heart. boom, badoom, boom, boom, badoom, boom, bass. Yeah that’s that soldier’s
march!
17. The
Compromise of 1850. The state of Californina was admitted as Free. Can’t you
hear that boom, badoom, boom, boom, badoom, boom, bass. Yeah that’s that
soldier’s heart. boom, badoom, boom, boom, badoom, boom, bass. Yeah that’s that
soldier’s march.
