Atlanta's Burning Down
Composer(s): Billy Ray Reynolds
First recording/First release by: Dickey Betts & Great South - 1977/1978



I left my home in Georgia
In May of sixty-three
I come here to Virginia
To fight for General Lee

But I can't fight this mornin'
I must be southward bound
My Jenny's in Atlanta
And Atlanta's burnin' down

Gettysburg to Richmond
I fought long and hard
Not far away in Georgia
Sherman's in my own backyard

So I'm leavin' here this mornin'
Even if they shoot me down
My Jenny's in Atlanta
And Atlanta's burnin' down

Atlanta's burnin' down
Atlanta's burnin' down
Jenny's in Atlanta
And Atlanta's burnin' down

Atlanta's burnin' down
Oh, Atlanta's burnin' down
Jenny's in Atlanta
And Atlanta's burnin' down