Stonewall Jacksons Way

      G
Come, stack arms, men. Pile on the rails
                     D
Stir up the campfire bright;
    G
No matter if the canteen fails
       D             G
We'll make a roaring night
      C         G
Here Shenandoah brawls along
       D
There burly Blue Ridge echoes strong
    C                  G
To swell the brigade's rousing song
    D                   G
Of "Stonewall Jackson's way."



   G
We see him now, the old slouched hat
                    D
Cocked o'er his eye askew
    G
The shrewd, dry smile, the speech so pat
   D                   G
So calm, so blunt, so true
      C                 G
That "Blue-Light Elder" knows 'em well
     D
Says he, "That's Banks; he's fond of shell
     C                    G
Lord save his soul! We'll give him"...well
        D                   G
That's "Stonewall Jackson's way."


 G
Silence! Ground arms! Kneel all! Caps off!
                          D
Old Blue Light's going to pray;
 G
Strangle the fool that dares to scoff;
 D                   G
Attention; it's his way!
        C          G
Appealing from his native sod
   D
In forma pauperis to God--
     C                       G
"Lay bare thine arm; stretch forth thy rod;
               D           G
Amen." That's "Stonewall's way."


     G
He's in the saddle now! Fall in!
                  D
Steady, the whole brigade!
       G
Hill's at the ford, cut off! He'll win
     D                 G
His way out, ball and blade
     C              G
What matter if our shoes are worn?
     D
What matter if our feet are torn?
       C                    G
"Quick step--we're with him ere the dawn!"
         D                  G
That's "Stonewall Jackson's way."


    G
The sun's bright glances rout the mists
                    D
Of morning, and, by George!
        G
There's Longstreet struggling in the lists
       D          G
Hemmed in an ugly gorge--
      C              G
Pope and his Yankees whipped before
       D
"Bayonet and grape!" hear Stonewall roar
          G              G
"Charge, Stuart! Pay off Ashby's score
   D                   G
In Stonewall Jackson's way."