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For Carrie McGavock who gave up her house as a field hospital in the battle of Franklin 1864

It's late in November 1864
There's fighting in the distance there's a knock on your door
Trouble in the eyes of a man standing there
Says I need your fine house Mam I need you to care
For the sick and the wounded the dying and the dead
Before this night is over your floors will run red

Carrie wipe the fear away from my face
Dress my wounds in your petticoat lace
The blood of the south dries on your floor
Carrie I believe I'll be home no more

The Union is holding the south side of town
I hear that the old cotton gin is down
The smell of black powder hangs in the air
The sweet taste of victory it ain't ours to share
For the Stars and the Stripes fly on Franklin tonight
It looks like Old Glory is taking the fight

Our Generals they're lying one two three and four
Outside your window and they're fighting no more
Their families will gather to take them away
But it's here that I fell and here I will stay
With my brothers in arms my comrades my friends
The south might be falling but she'll rise up again