C                                 F                      C
Oh have you heard the glorious news, is the cry from every mouth,
                              G
Charleston is taken, and the rebels put to rout;
    C                           F
And Beauregard the chivalrous, he ran to save his bacon—
    C                                     G             C
When he saw Gen. Sherman’s “Yanks,” and “Charleston is taken!”

[Chorus]
 C
With a whack row de dow!
   F
A hunkey boy is Gen. Sherman:
  C
Whack row de dow!
G             C
Invincible is he.

[Verse 2]
    C                               F               C
This South Carolina chivalry, they once did loudly boast;
                                            G
That the footsteps of a Union man, should ne’er polute their coast.
   C                                      F
They’d fight the Yankees two to one, who only fought for booty;—
    C                                      G             C
But when the “udsills” came along it was “Legs do your duty.”

[Chorus]
 C
With a whack row de dow!
   F
Babalon is falling
  C
Whack row de dow!
G                   C
the end is drawing neer

[Verse 3]
    C                              F                C
And from the “Sacred City,” this valiant warlike throng;
                                   G
Skedaddled in confusion, although thirty thousand strong—
   C                                 F
Without a shot, without a blow, or least sign of resistance,
   C                                               G             C
And leaving their poor friends behind, with the “Yankees” for assistance,

[Chorus]
 C
With a whack row de dow!
   F
How are you southern chivalry?
  C
Whack row de dow!
G                   C
your race is nearly run

[Verse 4]
   C                                           F                  C
And again o’er Sumter’s battered walls, the Stars and Stripes do fly,
                                         G
While the chivalry of Sixty-one in the “Last ditch” does lie;—
        C                               F
With Sherman, Grant and Porter too, to lead our men to glory;
       C                                        G          C
We’ll squash poor Jeff’s confederacy, and then get “Hunkydory.”

[Chorus]
 C
With a whack row de dow!
   F
How are you neutral Johnny?
  C
Whack row de dow!
G                       C
we'll settle next with you