Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1866-09-27
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THE "BoYs IN BLUE " ARE COMING.

THE "BOYs IN BLUE ARE COMING.
WRITTEN BY ROBERT HAwLEY, ESQ, OF wILLIAMsPoRT
They are coming, Andy Johnson-a host of {" Boys
in Blue -
Fresh from a hundred fields of war; the battle
scared and true;
Not now with cleaning bayonet and roll of mar
tai drum,
But arn'd with ballots for the Right, in peaceful
ranks they come,
To Shield the starry flag they bore from traitors
hands anew;
They are coming, Andy Johnson-a host of Boys
in Blue.
They are coming, Andy Johnson-the loyal Boys
in Blue,
From Maine and from New Hampshire, and the
Bay State, ever true
From the Green Mountains of Vermont and little
Rholey's shore;
From the homesteads Of Connecticut the hardy
veterans pour,
As late when flashing DER the land the news OF
They are coming, Andy JoInson-the loyal Boys
in Blue.
They are coming, Andy Johnson-tho loyal Boys
in Blue,
From New Jersey and from Delaware, and Mary
land tried and true,
And from the grand old Keystone-man answering
to man,
With pledges for the "Star Brigade and Geary-
il the van
To yield the soldiers need of praise to worth and
yalor due
They are coming Andy Johnson-the loyal Boys
in Blue.
They are coming, Andy Johnson-thee earnest Boys
in Blue.
From shop and mill, and forge and field-the
steadfast and the true,
The heroes OF the Empire State, despite her rec
rcant son,
EAo turns to shame and mockery the good deeds
he has done,
To purn with wrath the Noses false the fathless
Aaron, too,
They are coming, Andy Johnson-the earnest Boys
in Blue.
They are coming Andy Johnson-the yet'rans o
the West,
From tLcir grand prairies and their lakes-the
finest and the best
From the broad rivers whose strong waves beal
Joyous to the sea
I. r7T4S IF ont tba 4pi,T pf
hee.
To speak once more, III thunder-tones, a Peoples
high behest;
They age coming, Andy Johnson-the vet'rans o
the West.
They are coming, Andy Johnson-the freemen o
tie land
1o save the prize they won with blood from Trea
SON eager hand;
from the White House to Lake Michigan they VI
heard your wanton speech,
TO jcers and threats and curses loud this plain re
sponse they teach:
By the memory of Antetam and Lookout noun
tain high;
By the noble dead of Gettysburg in honored graves
who Iie
BY memory Of Fort Donelson and Shiloh's blood.
shore;
Bymcmory of the Wilderness and Yicksburg'
cannon roar;
BY memory of Fort Pillows sain-by scenes W,
may not tell
Of Libby and Of Anderson, and many rebel hell
Al IL !
to the sea
BY those who swelld at Richmond the shouts c
victory.
BY memory of the loved and lost of many a Nortt
em home,
BY mothers, widows, orphans tears, for thos
who neer may come
Isy memory Of ''our Martyr Chief" by foul assas
sims slain;
No rebel horde, no traitor hand shall rule our Ian
again
But traitors shall be punished, and treason odiou
made,
And woe to him, or high or low, by whom we ar
betrayed"
They are coming, Andy Johnson-a host of Boy
in Blue,
Fresh from hundred fields of war; the battl
worn and true,
Not now with cleaning bayonetand roll of mart
drum,
But armed with ballots for the right, in peacefr
ranks they come,
To guard the starry flag they love from traitor
hands anew,
They are coming, Andy Johnson-a host of Boy
in Blue,
Ge1- The Copperbeads howl millions
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