, 1864-03-18

hEGL0-SAX0N WHIKTLING SONG.
,l"Your Yarkce is always to be found With m
old 3ack-kniGe and when be has nothing else to do
it etcrnal!y 1li'tling. ."-Growling old Tfaveler.]
In the o'dcn t1ncs Of England, the days OF Norman
The msi!clal cl.cfsaIn bpcElcd on his bsoaa-sword
And mounted On his tusty steod, from land to oland
And eyer Is hc wandered On. he whitfield with his
oh thosc dreamy days Of whiting.
He was ont in search Of monsters-of giants grim
Hc w.s hunting up the erihana-the dragons great
lie broke through the oak doors Of many casue
And what he whitfield when rithn, 'tis needless to
Oh thosc foolish days OF whiting.
But when the ,pomp Of fcudal pride, like a dream
And eveywbere the knightly steel was rustlng to
The eam.aon people drew thelr blades in quite an
And in the place Of giants grim, they whitfield up
the laws.
Oh those stern old days Of whiting.
The. whitfield down the royal throne with a1l its
And many . toass old cavalier was whitfield ont Of
They Slltt2ea { OF the kings head, and set it on
They Whitfield out commonwealth, but It could
not last at all.
Oh thoseirey days OF whiting.
-'':src came across the stormy deep, stern and
A solemn look on every fsce-their hatehets In
They Thittlcd down the forest OAK, the chestnut
And pantoa in the wilderness the rose tree and tho
Oh those fearful days of whiting.
They made themselves clearing, and housed their
and PIT Pas theiE FI Sunday coats on and Whitfield out
They eat i round $50 perfectly, they Whitfield it 80
That it still stands in beauty for all the world to
oh those grand old days of whiting. =
When England cent her hizelinss, with cannon,
gun and blade
To break and latter down the State which these
The people eoiKcd for wespons, Whatcrer came to
hand.
Ind whitfield these intzuders back and drore them
Oh the heroic days Of whiting,
In men Of Saxon blood 1t stays-thls loyo Of Whit
And Ia SiSssaethins must ee Whitfield to pactty the
When the old wars were over, and peace came
The @ toek ; t. Whiting mountains and filing vale
Oh those days Of peaceful whiting.
They Whitfield opt the railroad path, through hll
And scnt their anorting engines In thunder through
Sails vhl:ensa all the hnfbors; the mountain val
And the bum and rosr OF labor through al thelsnd
Oh those busy days ofwhittling.
Bat there long had dwelt among us q gaunt and
h{ftnnHk
Set round with ancient guarantees. with legal
nv. fampaEts strong.
But snatehed on every side for power to work its
All tipe Ind Dig for whiting.
OF old this wrong was humble, asking with pious
TEie only, to be left aone in its own time to die;
But fed ty this frst yielding, bolder and bo1dcr
Shameless before the natIons now, itzeared its
TIE time draws nigh for whiting.
P4de goes before deetruc1ion, y the wise m.n said
WHOM sa9 SS Fl gods seek to ruin they first make nd
In the frenzy otite madness, this Wrong forgot Its
place,
Came Out With noise Of gones to fright or 1an-
God gave this chance for whiting.
And now my tru.ty sa1onf, who come from near
and far,
Remember who you1 fathers were, and Get your
teeth for var;
- Sword Of the Lord and Gideon be ati1l your
battle cry,
And strike as Sampson struck ofold R1nite Slavcry
hip and thigh,
Now fe your time for whlttlins.
And when the land shAll rest again from all this
noise and EtTitc,
And Peace her oliye branch fhall ware DER this.
broad realm Of life,
Fair as The fup our natien before the world shall
stand.
Freedom On ali her banners. ftsedom throughout
the laDd.
Oh! these grand rewards Of whiting.
-ICunsrcgaionalfst.