"If the South Woulda Won"
Single by Hank Williams Jr.
from the album Wild Streak
B-side"Wild Streak"
ReleasedJuly 1988
Length3:19
LabelWarner Bros./Curb
Songwriter(s)Hank Williams Jr.
Producer(s)Barry Beckett, Hank Williams Jr., Jim Ed Norman
Hank Williams Jr. singles chronology
"Young Country"
(1988) 		"If the South Woulda Won"
(1988) 		"That Old Wheel"
(1988)

"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]

Content

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.

List of States mentioned/changes

State What Hank Williams Jr. Would Do as President[2]
Texas Move the Supreme Court there; hasten executions of murderers
Louisiana Teach citizens Cajun cooking
Alabama Move the national capital to Montgomery
Florida Put all drug dealers in jail
Tennessee Have all whiskey made there
Kentucky Have all horses raised in the hills
Mississippi Move the National Treasury to Tupelo, and put his father on $100 bills
North Carolina and South Carolina Have all cars manufactured there, while banning ones made in China
Georgia Send all women there to learn how to speak with a Southern accent and smile in an inviting manner
Virginia Have all fiddles made there
Arkansas Drink some wine with Clifton Clowers on Wolverton Mountain

Chart performance

Chart (1988) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3] 8
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 22

References

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 390.
  2. ^ "If the South Woulda Won Lyrics". MetroLyrics. Archived from the original on 2016-03-11. Retrieved 3 January 2017.((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ "Hank Williams, Jr. Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.


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