[00:24.826]In the year of '61, we left our native land,
[00:28.744]For we could not bend our spirits to
[00:30.983]The tyrant's stern command.
[00:32.664]So we rallied 'round our Buckner,
[00:34.903]While our hearts were sad and sore,
[00:36.581]To offer our blood for freedom as our fathers did before
[00:40.504]And we'll march! march! march!
[00:42.462]To the music of the drum,
[00:44.705]We were driven forth in exile,
[00:46.663]From our old Kentucky home
[00:56.764]When at first the southern flag unfurled
[00:59.002]Its' folds upon the air,
[01:00.679]Its' stars had hardly gathered 'til
[01:02.640]Kentucky's sons were there.
[01:04.602]And we swore a solemn oath and sternly gathered round
[01:08.521]We would only live as freemen in the
[01:11.038]Dark and bloody ground.
[01:12.717]And we'll march! march! march!
[01:14.677]To the music of the drum,
[01:16.641]We were driven forth in exile,
[01:18.601]From our old Kentucky home
[01:28.681]With Buckner as our leader
[01:30.654]And Morgan in the van,
[01:32.636]We'll plant the flag of freedom
[01:34.642]In our fair and happy land,
[01:36.626]We'll drive the tyrant's minions
[01:38.625]To the Ohio's rolling flood,
[01:40.610]And dye her waves with crimson
[01:42.888]With the coward yankee blood.
[01:44.819]And we'll march! march! march!
[01:46.817]To the music of the drum,
[01:48.532]We were driven forth in exile,
[01:50.533]From our old Kentucky home
[02:16.851]Then cheer ye southern braves,
[02:18.816]You will soon see the day,
[02:20.787]When Kentucky's fairest daughters
[02:22.772]Will cheer you on your way,
[02:24.732]Then their proud old mothers
[02:26.692]Will welcome one and all,
[02:28.652]For united we stand,
[02:30.614]But divided we fall!
[02:32.870]And we'll march! march! march!
[02:34.831]To the music of the drum,
[02:36.992]We were driven forth in exile,
[02:38.679]From our old Kentucky home