Soldier Songs and Love Songs
And the hero-handled brand."

THE SPIRIT OF THE SOUTH.

"Then come to the battle charge!

Welcome the Celtic yell!

'Twixt you and the South, at the cannon's mouth,

'Tis Gettysburg or Hell!"

BURKE OF THE BRAVE BRIGADE.

"Then 'tis Gettysburg Heights or Hell!

We are here till the game is played;

And a Hell he will feel who dares our steel,"

Said Burke of the Brave Brigade.

So they fought, and the story runs

(All thanks to the Heavenly Powers),

That the field was won by the Celtic sons;

For Hell flashed Leeward from out their guns,

And Gettysburg is ours!

TEARS, TEARS.

Tears, tears,

With wifely fears

Immixed—I held my breath,


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