Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1863-02-26
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Or Ne,c Jordan sung eoih enthusiastic applause
all the Northern Theatres.
RESPECTIVELY DEDICATED GENERAL AMBROSE E. BURN
Would you like to hear the I'm afraid it's rather
the famous On to Richmond " double trouble
Of the half a-doz N slips on a half-a dozen trips,
And the very latest bursting of the bubble?
Then list while relate this most unhappy fate,
IT'S dreadful knotty puzzle 70 unrav@l,
Though all the papers s"ore when we touci ed Virginia
That Richmond was an easy road to travel
Then pull CT your coat and roll up your sleeve,
For Ricbmonds a hard road to travel;
Then pull eff your coat and roll up your sleeve,
For Richmond hard road TO travel, believe.
First Mcdowell bod and gay set forth the shortest way
By Manassas in the pleasant summer weather,
But he quickly vent and ran Stonewall foolish
For he found it rather hard to yde over Beaur gard
And Johnston proved deuce of bother,
And twas clear beyond doubt that he didn't like the
And second time would have to try another.
Then pull off your coat and roll up your sleeve,
For Ricbm4nds a hard rosd to travel;
Manassas fits, and Bull M" it made greve-
Oh Richmonds hard road to travel believe.
Next te Woody Horse, With Overwhelming force,
To march down 0 tIichRond by The Valley,
Bat he couldn't I'd The road and his o1w ard movement
Bis campai sning was o mere shily. sbal!y
and Commissary Banks with his motely foreign raIks,
he buchanan and tie Celt, not the Saxon,
Lost the whole OF his supplies and, with his
Ran away from that dunder headed Jackson.
Then pull of your coat aud roll up your sleeve,
For RicEmonds hard road to travel;
The Valley wouldn't do, as every body knows,
Aud Richmond Is hard Ioad TO traue supp0se.
Then the great Gaena came with her portfolios all
fame,
Ard the Monito. that lannon's naval wonder
Bat the guns Dr.. rvs Bluff gave them speedily enough
OF the loudest sort of real rebel thunder
The Gaena Gsronished, and the Monitor admonished
And their ascend the Knocked at,
While the dreadful Eaugatuek by the hardest kind luck
Was very nearly knocked INTO a cooked hat.
Then pull of your coat ard roll up your sleeve,
For RchmonG's hard road TO travel;
The gnu boats gave it up in sturefed despair,
AND Richmond IS a hald road to travel, declare.
To try the Pen'rsu ap; reaches,
But and al sg,eed tn Vt his best of speed
Wasn't faster the slOwest of slow coaches:
Instead of easy ground, at VIII amsturg hs found
A LoSG STREET indeed, and nothing shorter,
And it him IL the dumps that spUdes wasn't
And the HILLS he couIdn' level. as he s. orter.'
Then ruil off yonF coat and roll up sur sleeve,
For RlchmonG'a hard road to travel
Lay down the shovel al fling away :he spade,
For RichmorGs a hard road to travel! Pm afraid.
He tried the rebel les the field of seven Plres
Wher, his troops did such awful heavy chargn'-
But he ouLdnred il the mud and he Of blood
Over he Cht kahominy' ! sweet margin
Though the fact strange when he left his
On and be drted over,ruch TO LKE-ward,
SO he quickly changed his base, in sort of eeple
And hnrried hack to Stanton, ABB end Seward,
Then pull off your c0art ard roll up youi We,
FOR nichmond's hard road to travel
We should be surprised that Mcclellan Il Dix to drink
For Kchm1nd's hard road to travel, I'm thinking
Then said DIN Pope, You can make the trip
hope
Q1otb the Dragging Mai Dr. General Eyes thatI can"
Ano began to issue orders to his terrible marauders,
Just like another LEO Of the Vatican
But that d. sLed Jackson tb fellow laid bis whacks
And made him by compusion Secedere
And Pope took rapid flight fom Manassas second fight
Twas his very last appearance as leader.
Then pull of your coat and roll up your sleeve,
For Richmond hard road to travel;
Pope tried his very best, and was evidently sold
And Richmonds a hard road TO travel, am told.
a road one had thought Of before him,
With hundred thousand for the rebel 'slaugh
pen"
And the blessed Union fl lg e wing DER him;
But he met fire of hell' of canister and she |,
Enough to make the knees of any knock
Twaz shocking sight to view, that second Waterloo,
On the banks Of the please Mt Rappahannock.
Then pull OF your coat and roll up your sleeve,
For Richmoud's a hard road to travel;
Twas g shocking sight to view, that second Waterloo,
And Rehmonds bloody road to travel, it Is true.
We very much perpexed know who will try next
And to guess by what new high-road be may go,
But the Capital must blaZs and that in Ninety days.
For 't1s written, Ieenda eSt Carthage
Wen take the cursed town, and then We burn it down.
And plumber anu hang every rebel
Yet the contraband right when he told they would
fight,
so yis, ma-sa, they'll fsht like the debble,'
Then pull OF your coat aid roll up your sleeve,
For Richmonds hard road to travel;
We've played our strongest card and It's plain that we
slammed,
And if Richmond amt ard road to travel, I'll be
blamed
See Cedar (l2um)