1st Verse:
Spanish came up from La Florida
Had limited settlements along the coast

The British took over in 1704
Naming this land after the second King George
Last colony, we signed the Declaration

Of Independence and we won the most
4th state in this new American nation
But seceded from the union

To continue our growth

Chorus:

This Empire of the South
Started with Oglethorpe's big plan
To give the English worthy poor

Each 50 acres of Georgia land
Come to Savannah
Where Sherman marched during the Civil War

'Til we couldn't make a stand
Scorched earth marked the old south's end
When they burned Atlanta


2nd Verse:
Our western border used to be the Mississippi

But we ceded some land after the Yazoo fraud
'Tween Alabama and Georgia is the Chattahoochee
Northeast in the mountains is Brasstown Bald

Head south - to the black soil piedmont
Southeast along the coastal plain
To the Atlantic Ocean and the islands we've got

Up the coast - Savannah's first capital place

Bridge:

We grow the Cherokee rose in Locust Grove
A trail of tears we won't forget
A strong live oak along the coast

Yeah hurricane resistant
Brown thrasher over a peach tree grove
Or Stone Mountain's many tourists

Where Wisdom, Justice and Moderation fit

3rd Verse:

Yeah the old south builds up after the revolution
With the - slave labor and the cotton gin
Then a gold rush crowds our northern mountains

Fought the Civil War but we couldn't win
The "New South" rises up from Atlanta's ashes
On these railroad tracks we begin again

Building up our industry and urban classes
Drinking Coca-Cola by Pemberton
Healing prohibition