Rebel Yell


One of the best parts of the films is the theme song (written and sung by Herschell Gordon Lewis himself).

There's a story you should know from a hundred years ago and a hundred years we waited now to tell.
Now the Yankees come along and they'll listen to this song and they'll quake with fear to hear this rebel yell.

And they'll quake with fear to hear this rebel yell.
YEE-HA! Oh the South's gonna rise again.
YEE-HA! Oh the South's gonna rise again.

Robert E. Lee broke his musket on his knee and a thousand pieces it shattered on the ground.
But he looked up then and he gathered up his men and from his lips there came an awful sound.

And from his lips there came an awful sound
YEE-HA! Oh the South's gonna rise again.
YEE-HA! Oh the South's gonna rise again.

Stonewall to the gun and he made the Yankees run, but he took a fatal bullet in the chest.
As he fell down dead old Stonewall said “I'm giving you a dying man's request.”

I'm giving you a dying man's request
YEE-HA! Oh the South's gonna rise again.
YEE-HA! Oh the South's gonna rise again.

Jeb Stuart spurred his horse and the Yankees ran of course, but there wasn't any powder for his gun.
So he said to his boys “Let's make a lot of noise and we'll charge again and make 'em Yankee's run.

And we'll charge again and make 'em Yankee's run.
YEE-HA! Oh the South's gonna rise again.
YEE-HA! Oh the South's gonna rise again.

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Possibly the only redeeming feature of this movie.

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