Wednesday, October 14, 2009

"The Good Ole Rebel" - Song about Reconstruction

Your class was introduced to the Reconstruction of the South on Wed., 10/14, and Thurs., 10/15. Please click on the YouTube link below to listen to a song written by a former Confederate Army officer after the Civil War:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkZvNadzlik


Lyrics:


Oh, I’m a good old rebel, now that’s just what I am.
And for this Yankee nation I do not give a damn.
I’m glad I fought agin’ her, I only wish we’d won,
And I ain’t asked any pardon for anything I’ve done.

I hates the Yankee nation, and everything they do;
I hates the Declaration of Independence, too.
I hates the glorious Union, ‘tis dripping with our blood;
And I hates the striped banner – I fit [fought] it all I could.


I rode with Robert E. Lee for three years nearabout,
Got wounded in four places and I starved at Point Lookout.
I cotch [caught] the rheumatism a-campin’ in the snow,
But I killed a chance of Yankees, and I’d like to kill some mo’.

Three hundred thousand Yankees is stiff in Southern dust;
We got three hundred thousand before they conquered us.
They died of Southern fever, and Southern steel and shot;
And I wish they were three million instead of what we got.


I can’t take up my musket and fight ‘em now no more,
But I ain’t gonna love ‘em, now that is certain sure.
And I don’t want no pardon for what I was and am,
And I won’t be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.

Oh, I’m a good old rebel, now that’s just what I am.
And for this Yankee nation I do not give a damn.
I’m glad I fought agin’ [against] her, I only wish we’d won,
And I ain’t asked any pardon for anything I’ve done.



•“The Good Old Rebel” was very popular among former Confederate soldiers who disliked the Reconstruction policies of the federal government.

•Many of these former rebels headed west to Texas and Mexico to avoid Reconstruction.

•This song exemplifies the resistance and anger that many Southerners felt toward the policies of Reconstruction.

•Your task in the next few days is to determine why Reconstruction was so opposed in the South.

Questions


•What were three words or phrases that showed the attitude of the rebels in “The Good Old Rebel?”

•Identify three items that the song seems to dislike.

•Identify any events that seem to be significant to the song’s narrator.
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27 comments:

  1. MichelleOctober 14, 2009 at 1:09 PM

    1)He dont give a d*mn
    2)The flag, the yankee nation and the declartion of independence.
    3)When the south and north fought.

    Michelle Hernandez

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  2. AnonymousOctober 14, 2009 at 1:17 PM

    (shayla)
    1. "good old rebel"
    2. yankees, decleration of independence, and the union
    3. He fought in the army and got shot.

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  3. cristinaOctober 14, 2009 at 1:45 PM

    name:Cristina Cedeno.


    1.hate,fight,and rebel.

    2.the three items that the song dont like the yankee nation, the union , and the declaration.

    3.when they fought and the hatred that they had noth and south.

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  4. AnonymousOctober 14, 2009 at 2:18 PM

    1. id like to answer with a counter song.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3iFovzaDzg

    just kidding this is the real one.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpMPFGBtE7Q
    :)

    Hatred, Fight, Unregreting

    2. Yankees, Losing, and Government.

    3. Losing the Civil War

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  5. TravisOctober 14, 2009 at 3:00 PM

    1. "for this yankee nation, i do not give a damn"
    "I hates this yankee nation..."
    "i killed a chance of yankees and id like ta kill some more"

    2. Declaration
    Reconstruction
    Yankees

    3. The war

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  6. AnonymousOctober 14, 2009 at 4:33 PM

    1. "And for this Yankee nation I do not give a damn."
    2.hates the declaration, flag, and the union.
    3.the war between the north and the south

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  7. charlesOctober 14, 2009 at 5:33 PM

    1) hatred (towards the Yankee), rebelious, fight.
    2) The declaration of independence, the yankees, and the flag
    3) The hatred for the Yankee's

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  8. RyanGOctober 14, 2009 at 5:42 PM

    1. "And for this Yankee nation I do not give a damn."- Showed the attitudes of the rebels towards the north.

    2. Three things the song tended to dislike are the North/Yankees, the Declaration of Independence, and the striped banner, or in other words, the American flag.

    3. The events worded in this song are the many battles fought between the north and south, obviously, and that the narrator traveled with Robert. E Lee.

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  9. CassandraOctober 15, 2009 at 12:18 PM

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  10. CassandraOctober 15, 2009 at 12:20 PM

    (Cassandra Salas)
    1. "... I killed some Yankees and I'd like to kill some mo'.."
    2. The Yankees, Declaration of Independece, the Union.
    3. Loosing the War, Riding with Robert E. Lee and starving at Point Look out

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  11. QuestOctober 15, 2009 at 1:56 PM

    1.Unregretting
    hatred
    But I killed a chance of Yankees, and I’d like to kill some mo’.

    2.yankees
    losing
    Declaration of independence

    3.The war, ridng with Robert E. Lee, reconstruction

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  12. KrattOctober 15, 2009 at 2:12 PM

    I. Resentful, Defeated, Resigned

    II. The three things that the south seems to dislike are the reconstruction, The Declaration of Independence, And the Yankee Nation/Union.

    III. Robert E. Lee's campaign and the battle of Point Lookout are events that appear to have passed here. Some sort of tramp through snow occurred. Of course, the death of three hundred thousand Yankee soldiers is a broad occurrence as well.

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  13. AMWOctober 15, 2009 at 3:06 PM

    1. Hate, anger, resentful
    2. yankees, constitution, and amaerican flag
    3. When the north and south where fighting and he had hate towards the north and angry that they won.

    -Amanda White

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  14. benOctober 15, 2009 at 3:39 PM

    1. ticked off, wants to fight some more yankees
    2. union the decleration of independence and dem darn yankees
    3. losing the war

    Ben Lashman

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  15. chadbivensOctober 15, 2009 at 4:10 PM

    1. Acted as if the union didn't even win. He was still gonna do what he wanted to do.
    2. The union, the decleration, and the American constitution.
    3. fighting with the yankees and being defeated. The reconstructtion of the south.

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  16. Taylor T.October 15, 2009 at 4:43 PM

    1. "...and I'd like to kill some mo'"
    "And I won't be reconstructed..."
    Disrespect

    2. The Union/Yankees, the Reconstruction Plan, and the Declaration of Independence.

    3. Fighting against the Union/Yankees and the narrator's starvation at Point Lookout.

    -Taylor Thomas

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  17. Nilka LopezOctober 15, 2009 at 5:42 PM

    1. Yankee hatin' rebel.

    2. It hates the Yankee Nation, the Declaration of Independence, and the Striped Banner.

    3. Fighting for what he believes in, even though he lost.

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  18. Danielle WrightOctober 15, 2009 at 6:00 PM

    1. "And for this Yankee nation I do not give a damn." is a phrase from the song the "The Good Ole Rebel" that shows the attitude of the rebels.

    2. The song seems to dislike the Declaration of Independence, the Union, and the Yankee Nation.

    3. The Reconstruction and the Civil War seem to be significant to the songs narrator.

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  19. kyle cOctober 15, 2009 at 6:43 PM

    1) "And for this yankee nation I do not give a damn" explains how the "Good Ole Rebel" felt while righting the song.
    2) He seemed to dislike the Union, the Decleration of Indepepndence, and the Yankee nation as a whole.
    3) The loss of the war and the reconstruction period that followed seemed to be significant to the writer.

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  20. cody H.October 16, 2009 at 1:12 PM

    1) For this yankee nation, I do not give a damn. I'm glad we fought agin' her, I'd only wish we'd won. I hates the yankee nation, and everything they do.
    2)They hate the yankee nation, Declaration of Independence, and the glrious union.
    3)Important events for the narrator is riding with Robert E. Lee and killing them stinkin' yankees.

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  21. schmutz93October 16, 2009 at 4:31 PM

    1)
    A) And for this Yankee nation I do not give a damn.
    B) I ain’t gonna love ‘em, now that is certain sure.
    C) But I killed a chance of Yankees, and I’d like to kill some mo’.

    2)
    A) The Yankee nation, and all they do
    B) The Declaration of Independence
    C) The Glorious Union

    3)
    A) Point Lookout
    B) The Reconstruction plan

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  22. iyas92October 16, 2009 at 5:08 PM

    3 things

    1]-hate yankeee nationn
    -yankee nation, i dont give a damn

    2]items of hate
    -declaration of independence
    -union flag
    -yankees

    3]some significant events
    -fighting against the yeankees
    -reconstruction

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  23. Sam RydzikOctober 16, 2009 at 6:58 PM

    1)I do not give a d*mn
    2)I wish we won
    3)I wish i could of killed some more


    1)hate declaration of independence
    2)hates the yankee the nation
    3)hate the union


    1) killing yankees


    Sam Rydzik

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  24. AnonymousOctober 16, 2009 at 7:01 PM

    Margaux Giraud

    Question 1: died, kill, hate
    Question 2: the yankee, the declararion and the glorious union
    Question 3: lose the war

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  25. PaulineOctober 16, 2009 at 7:02 PM

    1) "I killed some Yankees and I'd like to kill some more"
    2)yankees, declaratin of independence, the union
    3)the war between north and south.

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  26. DavidBrownOctober 16, 2009 at 8:32 PM

    1. Doesn't like Yankees
    2. Yankees, reconstruction plan, and the results of war.
    3. Signing of the declaration of independence and point lookout.

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  27. Miranda_MaysJanuary 5, 2010 at 4:39 PM

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