He was bitter following the fall of the Confederacy and expressed his feelings by writing 'I'm A Good Old Rebel.'(The first publication is undated.) Randolph adapted a favorite tune from the California Gold Rush, 'Joe Bowers. Lee For three years there about Got wounded in four places And I starved at Point Lookout I caught the rheumatism Campin' in the snow But I killed a chance of yankees And I'd like to kill some more 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 I wish they was three million Instead of what we got I can't take up my musket And fight 'em down no more But I ain't a-goin' to love them Now that is certain sure And I don't want no pardon For what I was and am 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 no give a damn I'm glad I fought against her I only wish we'd won I ain't asked any pardon For anything I've done I ain't asked any pardon For anything I've done LINK Really good song for the trying times we face today. James Innis Randolph of Charles County, Maryland, served on General Ewell's staff in the Confederate Army. I hates the glorious union 'Tis dripping. I am a good old rebel, that is just what I am, For this fair land of freedom I do not care a damn, Im glad I fought against it but I only wished Id. Im a Good Old Rebel Lyrics: (Traditional, arranged by Ry Cooder) / Oh, Im a good old Rebel / Now thats just what I am / For this fair land of freedom / I do not care a damn / Im. I hates the Yankee nation And eveything they do I hates the declaration Of independence too.

I'm glad I fit (fought) against 'er (her) I only wish we'd won I ain't asked any pardon For anything I've done. Now thats just what I am And for this yankee nation I do no give a damn I'm glad I fought against her I only wish we'd won 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 I hates the striped banner And fought it all I could I rode with Robert E. Oh, I'm a good old rebel Now thats just what I am And for this yankee nation I do no give a damn.

Im a good ol rebel