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Show H pw uiiiwiiw ( i i mm i i -1 I I I youhq soldi ens. OH, were you Wei-.tviicheolboy, And did. you ,novp train And feal that irwolMng of tlw heart , - B Wdnjiewr tneetMrdogn'Uitit. H With plume and banners jraV; M TVIillo (ho kettle, f or tirtke((ld drum J I'layed your march, inarch away? It iK'ern to in lut yesterday, B Nor eenrco no long bro, M fjlncn Hit our school their muskets took B .To cliarK the fearful foe. H lpiir musketa were of cedar wood, H w,th ramrod brlf lit and now, J WJth bayonet forever not H .And painted barred 'too. H Wo charred upon a, Hock. of geese. H And put them All ,1o night j Except one sturdy gander H That thought t how ua fight H Hut, ah, we knew n thlnir or two I Our captain wheelod the van. M .We routed hint, we scouted him, JJ Nor lont & alngle man, H f Our captain wm tut bravo a lad H As e'er coinmlaalen here. H All brlKhtly ahone his now tin aword. B A paper cap ho wore, j He led tui up the ateep .hillside. H Against the western wind. Whllo the eckerel plumo that decked fit B head j Streamed Wravety out 'behind. H We ahouldcrcd armtr, we carried arms, Wo charged the bnyonot, J And woe unto the mullen stalk B That In our course wo mot I At two o'clock the roll we calltd, And till tho cloao of day j Willi fearless heart, though tlrd limbs. B We fought the mirolo frny. J Till the supper bell from out the dell J Undo ua march, march nway. B Author Unknown. |