[for the Richmond Dispatch.]
rebel Song.
Arranged by J. A. Turner.
no. 4.--Stanzas on the Yankee invasion.
Our bonuses we'll have for the glorious strife, and our oath is recorded on high.
To prevail to the cause that is dearer than life,
of crashed in its rales to die !
Then rise, fellow freemen, and stretch the right
hard.
And swear to prevail in your dear Southern land !
' Tis the home we hold sacred is laid to our trust--
God bless the bright land of the brave !
Should a conqueror tread on our forefather's dust,
It would rouse the old dead from their graves !
Then rise fellow-freemen, and stretch the right
hand.
And swear to prevail in your dear Southern land !
In a brethren's sweet home, shall a spoiler abide,
Profaning its loves and its charms ?
Shall a Yankee man it the loved fair at our side ?
To arms, oh ! my country, to arms !
Then rise, fellow-freemen, and stretch the right
hand
And swear to prevail in your dear Southern land !
Shall a monkey enslave us, my countrymen ? No !
His head to the sword shall be given--
A d sa bed repentance be taught the base foe,
And his blood be an offering to Heaven.
Then rise, fellow-freemen, and stretch the right
hand.
And swear to prevail in your dear Southern land !
August 2 st, 1861.
