Richmond is a Hard Road 2nd South Carolina String Band

Would you like to hear my song? I'm afraid it's rather long
Of the famous "On to Richmond" double trouble
Of the half-a-dozen trips and half-a-dozen slips
And the very latest bursting of the bubble
'Tis pretty hard to sing and like a round, round ring
'Tis a dreadful knotty puzzle to unravel;
Though all the papers swore, when we touched Virginia's shore
That Richmond was a hard road to travel

Then pull off your coat and roll up your sleeve
Richmond is a hard road to travel
Then pull off your coat and roll up your sleeve
Richmond is a hard road to travel, I believe

First, McDowell, bold and gay, set forth the shortest way
By Manassas in the pleasant summеr weather
But unfortunately ran on a Stonеwall, foolish man
And had a "rocky journey" altogether;
And he found it rather hard to ride o'er Beauregard
And Johnston proved a deuce of a bother
And 'twas clear beyond a doubt that he didn't like the route
And a second time would have to try another

Then pull off your coat and roll up your sleeve
For Manassas is a hard road to travel;
Manassas gave us fits, and Bull Run made us grieve
For Richmond is a hard road to travel, I believe!