The Life and Adventures, Songs, Services, and Speeches of Private Miles O'Reilly: (47th Regiment, New York Volunteers.)

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70 ページ - To the flag we are pledged, all its foes we abhor, And we ain't for the nigger, but we are for the war.
55 ページ - I'll resign, and let Sambo take it, On every day in the year! On every day in the year, boys, And wid none of your nasty pride, All my right in a Southern bagnet prod Wid Sambo I'll divide. The men who object to Sambo Should take his place and fight; And it's better to have a naygur's hue Than a liver that's wake an
211 ページ - Douglas' head! And first I tell thee, haughty peer, He who does England's message here, Although the meanest in her state, May well, proud Angus, be thy mate! And, Douglas, more I tell thee here, Even in thy pitch of pride, Here, in thy hold, thy vassals near, (Nay, never look upon your lord, And lay your hands upon your sword), I tell thee thou'rt defied!
55 ページ - I'll divide wid him, An' divil a word I'll say. In battle's wild commotion, I shouldn't at all object If Sambo's body should stop a ball That was comin...
55 ページ - And that the thrade of bein' kilt Belongs but to the white : But as for me, upon my sowl ! So liberal are we here, I'll let Sambo be murthered instead of myself, On every day in the year. On every day in the year, boys, And in every hour of the day • The right to be kilt I'll divide wid him, And divil a word I'll say.
70 ページ - Cassidy, don't care a cuss ; To the flag we are pledged, all its foes we abhor ; And first, last, all the...
178 ページ - Comrades known in marches many, Comrades tried in dangers many, Comrades bound by memories many, Brothers ever let us be ! Wounds or sickness may divide us, Marching orders may divide us, But; whatever fate betide us, Brothers of the heart are we.
156 ページ - And the other eye was out, my dear; And the calves of his wicked-looking legs Were more than two feet about, my dear.
235 ページ - I take pity on my cows, With whom, bereft of wifely ties, All tender hearts must sympathize. Quick to the North your order send (By Smith's congenial spirit penned), And order them, in language full, At once to send me down a bull :— If possible, a youthful beast, With warm affections yet unplaced, Who to my widowed cows may prove A husband of undying love. The recitation of this elegy concluded, Private...

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