Updated lyrics for “Lincoln told the band to play Dixie.”

Still can’t get the music right for this:

The band came together
Ribbons spun to the ground
We stood proud down river
And found peace in Lee’s ground

South of the bent willow
Jenny swore she won’t forget me
And then Lincoln told the band
To play Dixie

Through blue smoke and thunder
In the cane and the vine
The cotton bales drifted
And our chains came untied

Still it feels like some freedom
Cost more than their victory
And then Lincoln told the band
To play Dixie

Away, away, away down south in Dixie

My kin all spread north
For a new way to work
But the shackles they gave us
Cost more than they’re worth

I curse this new country
The old ways still fit me
But today Lincoln told the band
To play Dixie
Today Lincoln told the band
To play Dixie

Away, away, away down south in Dixie