In beauty may I walk

And hadden feld and wode?The riche levedies in hoere bour,That wereden gold in hoere tressour,With hoere brightte rode;Eten and drounken, and maden hem glad;Hoere lif was al with gamen i-lad,Men kneleden hem biforen;They beren hem wel swithe heye;And in a twincling of an eyeHoere soules weren forloren.Were is that lawhing and that song,That trayling and…

Go onward, go onward, your cause is of God,And he will soon sever the oppressor’s strong rod.The finger of slander may now at you point,That finger will soon lose the strength of its joint;And those who now plead for the rights of the slave,Will soon be acknowledged the good and the brave.Though thrones and dominions,…

Roll me over, lay me down,And do it again.[CHORUS]Roll me over, in the clover,Roll me over, lay me down,And do it again.Now, this is number two,And he’s got me in a stew.Roll me over, lay me down,And do it again.[CHORUS]Now, this is number three,And his hand is on my knee.Roll me over, lay me down,And…

For Jesus Christ our SaviourWas born upon this day,To save us all from Satan’s powerWhen we were gone astray.O tidings of comfort and joy,For Jesus Christ our Saviour was born on Christmas day.In Bethlehem in JuryThis blessed babe was born,And laid within a mangerUpon this blessed morn;The which his mother MaryNothing did take in scorn.O…

That I had stayed away up NorthAnd kept out of the ‘milish.’I have just gone through the draft,And now have a ‘posish;’By ‘General Orders No. 54’I belong to the ‘milish.’I often thought I’d volunteerAnd run for a ‘comish,’But as I failed to do itI now belong to the ‘milish.’Here is refugees, deserters, and speculators,All mixed…

Friendship deals no lavish praises,Friendship dons no surface smiles.Friendship follows nature’s diction,Shuns the blandishments of art,Boldly severs truth from fiction,Speaks the language of the heart.Friendship favors no condition,Scorns a narrow-minded creed,Lovingly fulfills its mission,Be it word or be it deed.Friendship cheers the faint and weary,Makes the timid spirit brave,Warns the erring, lights the dreary,Smooths the…