Good+Old+Rebe

This is my interpretation of the song called //O, I'm a good old Rebel//:

The first stanza: In this first stanza the narrator firmly states that he was and is proud to be a rebel and he dose not care for the freedom that his country now has. He thinks slavery is an idea that should still be alive and practiced in our country today.

Second Stanza: He says that he's glad he fought against having a free country, but he still wishes in his heart that they could've won the war in the end. Even though he killed a lot of people and was fighting for slavery, he dosen't want to be forgiven for anything he's done becuase he dosen't regret it one bit. He still believes in the cause that he fought for back in the war.

Third Stanza: He hates the Constitution- (becuase it declares all people equal and makes slavery illegal) He hates the Great Republic- ( because it talks a lot about Lincoln and his anti-slavery ideas and completely puts the kabosh on slavery too.) He hates the Freedman's Bureau- (obviously because it helps the freedman which he disagrees with becuase he dosen't want them to be free, he wants them to be enslaved) He hates "uniforms of blue- (color of the north's uniforms)

Fourth Stanza: He hates the symbol of the eagle (because it represent freedom and integrity and unity within our country and he dosen't agree with any of those ideas) He hates the Yankees (clearly becuase he fought against them and despises everything tht they believe in and wishes he could've beat them)

Fifth Stanza In this stanza the narrator continues on to ocmplain about how much he hates the "Yankee Nation." He also hates the Declaration of Indpendance becuase it makes illegal everything he fights for and believes in.

Sixth Stanza: Again continues to now hate on the Union and says he hates their flag/banner.

Seventh Stanza: He now starts to describe the hardships he went through during the war. He tells us how he followed the "old mass'" of Robert E. Lee for about four years. Then he got wounded in three places and went through starvation. Basically showing us not only howbrave he was but to show us how tough he was that even with all those hinderences, he still fought his heart out.

Eight Stanza: This has a cocky sense of pride in it. He says that him and his fellow rebels killed three hundred Yankee that are now in the Southern dust dead. He tells us that they killed three thousand of them before they conquered them. So they tried hard and made a pretty big dent in fighting for what they thought was right.

Ninth Stanza: He said he can't fight them anymore and that his job with battling is done, but he strongly states that he will never love them becuase of how much hate he still has towards them for winning and taking away all that he believed in.

Tenth Stanza: He ends the song with saying that he dosen't want to be forgiven for the things he did in the war becuase that is who is, was, and will always be... a rebel.

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