Well I think I got this one where it needs to be. The performance certainly needs polishing with repetition. I was singing the verses last night and the lyric and melody for the refrain just came right out as if I'd known what it was all along. Moved the capo up a fret to allow better vocal dynamics than previous takes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNgZGcrmuzIATLANTA: Bitter Tears The Bucster, August 2017
That house near the corner……no one’s been there for years
……they all left for the border……with broken hearts and bitter tears
The railway station behind us……they burned it down as you can see
……it’s still there and reminds us……of Sherman’s march to the sea
There'll be no quarter for the rebels…….
I’ll make Georgia howl!……some said he was the devil…… or some relation anyhow
With the fall of Atlanta…….they came on like a storm
……and all the way to Savannah…..the heart of Dixie was torn
Will we ever be the same……should we hang our heads in shame
Will we stand here in the rain of these bitter tears
Thirty thousand south to Macon……Augusta threatened in the east
……all was broken, burned or taken……the land devoured by the beast
And they could hear the Yanks a’comin’……they could see the smokey sky
……all those women and their youngin’s…..some defiant, some just cried
O’r the hills and ‘cross the rivers……unrelenting as a flood
……like an unrepentant sinner…..rebellion’s price is paid in blood
Three hundred miles the army plundered……Savannah fell without a fight
……the heart of Georgia torn asunder…..and Carolina in their sights
Will we ever be the same……should we hang our heads in shame
Will we stand here in the rain of these bitter tears
Will we ever be the same……will we rise in freedom’s name
Or will we stand here in the rain of our bitter tears
