Bright Sunny South Lyrics

In the bright sunny south in peace and content

The days of my boyhood, I scarcely have spent

From the deep flowing spring to the broad flowing stream

Ever dear to my memory, and sweet is my dream

I'll leave my confinement and comfort of life

The danger of bloodshed, provision, and strife

I've come to conclose and reply with my word

As I shoulder my musket and billet my sword

Dear father, dear father, for me do not weep

For on some high mountain, I mean for to sleep

And the danger of war, I intend for to share

And for sickness and death, I intend to prepare

Dear mother, dear mother, for me do not weep

For a mother's kind voice I ever will keep

You have taught me be brave from a boy to a man

And I'm going in defense of her own native land

As leave my confinement and comfort of life

The danger of bloodshed, provision, and strife

I've come to conclose and reply with my word

As I shoulder my musket and billet my sword