If the South Woulda Won
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| "If the South Woulda Won" | ||||
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| Single by Hank Williams Jr. | ||||
| from the album Wild Streak | ||||
| B-side | "Wild Streak" | |||
| Released | July 1988 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 3:19 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros./Curb | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Hank Williams Jr. | |||
| Producer(s) | Barry Beckett, Hank Williams Jr., Jim Ed Norman | |||
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"If the South Woulda Won" is a song written and recorded by American musician Hank Williams Jr. It was released in July 1988 as the first single from the album Wild Streak. The song reached number 8 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.[1]
The song is about what Williams Jr. would have done as President of the southern States had the South won the Civil War. He mentions all the states from the Confederacy as well as Kentucky and includes how he would make Elvis Presley's, Patsy Cline's, and Lynyrd Skynyrd's deaths national holidays.
"If the South Woulda Won" quotes the folk anthem, "Dixie" in the refrain. At that juncture, Williams considers running for president of the southern states.
