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O'er their graves the Southern maidens, From sea-shore to mountain grot, We'll plant the smiling- rose of beauty And the sweet forget-me-not.
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RIDING A RAID.
Air—"Bonny Dundee"
'Tis old Stonewall, the rebel, that leans on his sword, And, while we are mounting, prays low to the Lord; Now each cavalier who loves honor and right, Let him follow the feather of Stuart to-night.
Chorus—Come, tighten your girths and slacken your rein ; Come, buckle your blanket and holster again; Try the click of your trigger and balance your blade, For he must ride sure who goes riding a raid.
Now gallop, now gallop, to swim or to ford; Old Stonewall, still watching, prays low to the Lord. Good-by, dear old rebel; the river 's not wide, And Maryland's lights in the windows do shine.
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Then gallop, then gallop, by ravine and rocks, Who would bar up the way takes his toll in hard knocks; For with these points of steel up the lines of old Penn, We have made some fine strokes and will make 'em again.
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