The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1862-06-12
ON TILE sIIoREs OF TENN Ess EE.

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-iMove my arm, chair ,fsi iihful pompey,
q, In tho sunsA Inc bright and strong,
! Fer ,th is world Is fading, Pompey--
Massa won't be with you long
20 And fsin would hoar the south wind
-. Bring once mo re the sound 10 mo
: of,he waveie,s softly breaking
On the shores Of Tennesse
s'Mournfui though the ripples murmur,
,e j.. As they still the story tell
O How no vessels noat the banner ..-...
That I've loved so long and we'll,
q shah listen to their music,
Dreaming that again see
stars and Stripes on sloop and shallop
Sailing up the Tennessee.
: .And, Pompey, when old Mrssa's waiting
PorIDeath's last dispatch TO come,
Ifrhat exiled starry banner, Fs
So Should come proudly sailing home,
You shall greetit, slave no ionget-
Voice and hand shall both be free ''
=. That shou. aud point TO Union colors
On the waves ofTsnne.sce.
q "Massa,s berry kind 70 Pompey, 4
Bu toia darkey's happy here, .E ~
Il T.
For desc mapya long gone year.
Over yondsr Misss' sleeping
No one tends her rave like mel
Mebbe she would miss the flowers .-pF
She used 70 love In Tennessee.
'rPear like ,he was Watching Mas s.s.fs
It II , II Pohpsy s6ob1d beside him stay, y
,A I Mebhs she I'd. remember better a.. git 1
~ How for HIN she usedto rray,
,.'a Telling him tbaiway upyonder
White as snow his soul wouldbc,
1.-The served the Lord Of fieaven, ,iHua. J
~ while bc lived in Tcnnessee.
eel &Nsg Es N8N alvuN ."
Silently the iesrs wore rolling
- Down the poor old dusky face
As he stepped behind hismaster, ,r
In his long accus.Omcd place;
Then silence fell around Them,
As they on rock and tree
yPic.ursd In the placid waters { {t'b
,fA ofthe rolling Tennessee. '''
80 Master, dreaminEof tho batt'e ',.''''' 10 3
- wbereshe foughtby Marion's Sidc' ~ s'.-s''
.,k,swhen he bade Tho haughty Tarleton
stoop hiSlordly crest Sf pride. "a
Man, temembeF how yon sleeper
once he held ppOn bis huee, ....,.,
i Ersehs lovod ths gahapt soldier NJ N. a. g
t,,. 4, Ralph 'yervair Ot OtTsunessee. .o@
Still the south Wind fopdly fingers
mid the, Veterans silver hair,
stiii the, bondmah close beside him ....
Stilibehina tho old armchair, .y
with his dark hued hand uplif!ed,
Shading eyes, he bendSio sec
Where the wso da nd boldly jutting
Turns aside the Tennessee.
Thus he watches cloud-boFn shadows
Glide from tree TO rhoun.a crest,
y sofily creeping, eye and ever,
2, 70 the rivers yielding breast.
Hal above tho foliage yopder .,a
y . Something nuttes Wild and free!
iaNiassa. u assa, Hallelujthi
Tho hagscome back TO TeunSsee!" 90
.Psnpsy, hold n on 5eur shoulder.
Heip me stand on foot once moro, D.,
.nrLttAktI 4 may salate ihe'coiors a'r 10
sH' a'Aslhsy pass ny cabin door.
-, ,Hsre'slhe paper signed that frces you, p.
ID -FGlve freeman's shout with me-
God and Unioni' be our waiehword
~, ~. Eysfmore in Tspnessss." - H..
Then Tho Trembling voice grew fainter, %
.'s'! And fhe limbs refused 70 sand; ...,-.
Ono prayerto Jssus--and The soldier
,IGllded 70 that better land.
whore the Gag went down the river =
Man md mater both Were free,
While the gilgaoye't mote gas mingled g
with The riPPling Tennessee. t,r