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Oh Shenandoah,
Away you rolling river,Oh Shenandoah,I long to hear you,Away, I’m bound away‘Cross the wide Missouri.Oh Shenandoah,I love your daughter,Away you rolling river,I’ll take her‘cross your rollin’ water,Away, I’m bound away‘Cross the wide Missouri.‘Tis seven yearssince last I saw you.Away you rolling river,‘Tis seven yearssince last I saw you.Away, I’m bound away‘Cross the wide Missouri.Oh Shenandoah,I…
The plumed staff officer gallops
That shakes as, beaten by hailstones,Shakes the loaded autumn vine;And the earth beneath is reddened,But not with the stain of wine.The regular shock of a batteryThe rattling tumult stuns;And its steady thrill through the hill-sideLike a pulse beneath it runs;The many are dead around it,But the few still work the guns.‘Who commands this battery?’And Crosby…
Yankee was a bad man, Yankee was a thief,
I went to Yankee’s house, Yankee he had fled,Caught him on the battle-field, and there I killed him dead.
Come all ye true friends of the nation,
Come aid the poor slave’s liberation,And roll on the liberty ball —And roll on the liberty ball —Come aid the poor slave’s liberation,And roll on the liberty ball.The Liberty hosts are advancing —For freedom to all they declare;The down-trodden millions are sighing—Come, break up our gloom of despair.Come break up our gloom of despair, &c.Y…
The night is dark, and keen the air,
His parting word is one short prayer;O God, but give me Liberty!Farewell-farewell;Behind I leave the whips and chains,Before me spreads sweet Freedom’s plains.One star shines in the heavens above,That guides him on his lonely way;-Star of the North-how deep his loveFor thee, thou star of Liberty!Farewell-farewell;Behind he leaves the whips and chains,Before him spreads sweet…
In a little log house in Ole Wirginny,
Dare massas flog’ em berry little –But gib dem plenty work and wittle.Ole Massa Jim, real clebber body,Ebbery day he gib dem toddy,An’ wen de sun fall in de ribber,Dey stop de work – an’ res de libber.Chah! chah! dat de wayDe niggas spen’ de night an’ day.At night dey gadder round de fireTo ta’k…