Rebel

This song is kind of funny to me. I find it catchy and funny because this guy is from the South and he's talking about how much he hates the North. You can also easily tell that this guy was from the Sout because he can't spell. Down South, they didn't have as good of an education as people did in the North. The song also gives his pride of the Confederacy away and sadness of losing the war in the second verse where he says, "I'm glad I fit against it-- I only wish we'd won." In verse three, he also talks some more about how he hates the North and the Union. Then, on a broader level, he talks about how he just hates the American government in genera. This guy is a true rebelm, like the title of the song says. In verse seven, he talks about his experience in the battles. He talks about how he got wounded in three places and starved at point Lookout. In verse eight he talks about how he wants to kill some more Yankees (nickname of Union soldiers given by Confederate soldiers), but he can't anymore because they won the war. The ninth verse talked about how the South killed 300,000 Yanks, but he wishes they would have killed 3 million of them because they might have won the war then. So much for wishing. In conclusion, though this song waws a bit lengthy, I enjoyed it because it expresses how people in the South felt after the North won. I didn't understand what cotch and rheumatism meant, but those were the only things that I didn't get. This was a pretty good song. 1204759526

I thought seeing the other side of this war was an interesting thing to hear. We always hear the North's accounts of the battle's or the South's Generals but it seems to me that you never hear about the normal Southern solider fighting to keep his slaves. i also found it interesting to see how much hate their still was in the southern states. They really didnt like the north and it mustve taken them a long time to accept the fact that they lost and to come to live in harmony with the northern states. im now interested to see what it was like in America after the Civil War ended. i kinda think that trade and communicatiion mustve shut down for a while because the south wanted nothing to do with the north. it will be interesting to see. 1204761608

Agr, the normal Southern soldier usually didn't own any slaves. He was usually too poor to be able to afford any ... and too landless to need any.1204765602

I loved this song. I thought it was great. I take great pride in things and when i see other people who act this way i like it. I think it is great that these people are still proud of what they did even after they lost. This shows a great sense of pride in oneself. This song shows that the south was full of people who would do whatever they wanted to, and that they will not stand for anyone trying to opress them. I think that everyone should act a little more like this. I really like this song, it is definitely going on my Ipod.mme

I liked the song because it not only had a catchy tune it was good in concept i guess. let me explain before you think i am a confederate nazi or something. the song was ood because the people did not stop believeing even though they lost. If you say it is complaining or anything like that i would like to refer to the egyptian captivity of the Jews. They had songs about being captured, but they were not complaining they were stating what they believed in. This song still shows that the people of the south are still 100% about their feelings. They were not just looking for a fight because their a bunch of rough good ol' boys. The south is proud of what they did, not the losing part, but proud they fought for what they believe in. They expressed their opinions about what they felt, and why is it so bad... so what if their views were completly and utterly wrong. They did not back down and this song points out they never will.

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This was a great song. I love how this artist was so passionate about what he believed. Br. tom and Agr, most of the poor southern solidiers would work on the plantation watchting the slaves and making sure everything was being done right. The poor southners kept the slaves in line. So, in theory Agr you are correct becuase they are fighting for there job to mantain slavery so they can watch the slaves and make a little bit of money watching them to make sure everything is going smooth. Think about it Br. Tom. They didnt have slaves watching over slaves thats just crazy. So you are correct Agr. Anyways this song is very rebouslous it really reminds me of a band called the charlie daniels band. This reminds me of this song because there is this song called the south is gonna rise again and he talks about how he does not like the north and how the south is amazing. these two people are soo passionate in what they beleive in thats why I love them. They both dont want to loose there way and they both are willing to do anything about it. 1205274926Ale2

I really like this song because it is one of a kind compared to all of the other songs on the Civil War Songs packet. I also liked it because the person does not care what other people think of them and really expresses his feelings. The one question I have is did the song writer feel this way or did they just write the song the way they thought that a former Confederate soldier would have written it? I noticed that they did not choose to put their name so I am assuming they were against the Union. This person really showed his feelings about the war and the Union. He/She hated the Union and loves having slaves. I can't believe that someone could hate the Union that much back then. I understand that it would probably be a big change to not have other people do your work but how can you make another human being work for you with very little if any pay just because they are a different skin color.

1205281774 _ I liked this song because of its tone and the meaning of it. The southeners were singing about what they believe in what they like and i know it sounds bad to say i like this song but these people were like the slaves they sung about what they believed in and what they like. they wanted to be free the sung about being free the southeners wanted slaves so they sung about slaves. I also like to here about the south cause all you tend to here about is the norh its cool to see what both sides were going through. People can dream and you cant take that away from them they wish that they had one and the the north was horrible its just everything that they believe in.1205372369

I personally do not really find this song interesting at all. However, after reading it a couple of times since the language and the words used are in some ways hard to understand, i was able to come up with a slight intimation as to what the composer was trying to portray. It is obvious that this is of the Confederate Side because of the slang used and the rude remarks made toward their competitors; the north. I really think that the point of this song was to motivate other "neutral" people to come and "join" the Confederate Army. He says how much he hates the "striped banner." This was because we were a union; a democracy and they were a confederacy. The difference between the two, the southeners were for slavery. That is basically what the dispute was about. And this song, i feel is an act for attention almost.. because in the end the North won and slavery is no longer. However racism is still occuring; but that is a whole other issue that will be covered shortly.. 1205450278 - I agree with ewe that this poem was kind of humorous to me. I actually really enjoyed it. The writer of this song is obviously holding nothing back and is perfectly willing to say what is on their mind about the war. This person is also sharing feelings that I'm sure a lot of other people had at the time too. I think it's just the "I don't care" attitude that makes it kind of funny. Also, the fact that the person who wrote this was probably completely serious about the feelings they express in the song and we take it as more of a joke because an attitude like that about a war is somthing we might consider inappropriate. I don't agree that this song was for attention I just think it was someone sharing their opinion like most people do everyday; obviously it wasn't favoring the north but everyone is entitled to say what they want and I'm sure the north had a couple of songs like this against the south too.1205460576

I thought this song was overall pretty good but not my favorite. This song was very passionate about what he was believed in. Most of the plantation owners usually had slaves to do a lot of the work around the plantation and even sometimes in the owner’s home. They had to be inline and on time or else they would suffer the consequences. These men are fighting for a job but yet also trying to maintain slavery so they don’t have to do any work and still make money off of it. The owner of the plantation had to hire people to just watch the slaves. I also liked it because the person does not care what other people think and really expresses his feeling on slavery. 1205467097

I agree with andy you always hear about the north and the south's General's but you never heard about the south soldiers. They did not have anything to fight for i think that is a reason they lost because the north was fighting to free slaves. The south was fighting just to fight because they did not like us. There was so much hate between the two ends of the U.S. Even to this day some scyco's think that the south will rise again but that is just crazy. Something incredible would have to happen in order for there to be another civil war. To be honest it would kind of suck. It is a shame that one of the bloodiest battles in the U.S.'s history was faught on our own soil. I think there could have been a better solution, but over all i liked this song a lot. 1205468421

I thought that this was a very funny song. It was all about how the south felt towards the north. The songs from the north were so boring and civilized but the south just says exactly what they feel. How they hate the Declaration of Independence and the Yankees. They also talk of how they are so proud to be Confederates! I think this song shows not only how they feel but it also really shows of how the north and south compare. To me it seems like the north are really agrivated with the south but all they want to do is fight in wars. They don't really get all excited and talk of how much they hate the Rebels. On the other hand the South is going crazy getting all mad and just saying exactly what they feel no matter how bad it may sound. Towards the end it says" And fight 'em now no more, but I ain't going to love 'em, Now thats for starten sure" This made me think of how the war ended and even though the north won it wasn't like they had made peace with the south.1205471009