The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-07-16
THE SONG OF POCAHONTAS.

Ask you--how about these verses
Whence the song Of PoOahontas,
with its flavor VI Tobacco,
And the Stincweed--the Mundungus,
With its pipe Of Old Virginny.
With the echo OF the Breakdown,
With its smack of Bourbon vhiskey.
With the twangle Of the Banjo
OF the Bsnjo--the GOatsknnet,
And the Fiddle--the Cstgutto,
With the noi,y Marrow bOnum.
BY one JOHSsMITH il was written,
JoHSSsITu, the valisnt soldier,
Sailor, Duooaueer, Explorer,
Gent, Adventurer, Commander,
Lawyer, Orator, and Author,
Statesman, Pioneer, and Bsgman.
Years he fought against the Moslem,
Years he wore the captive's letters,
Until, from n fond suItana
He received Habeas Corpus,
Then, by way Of relaxation,
He took passage on a steamer
With crew of Fillibusters,
Each with matchooks aud reyolyers,
To take pcaceable possession
OF some transatlantic region,
Sailed they on, they knew not whittier
Until, one October morning,
They incontinentIy blundered
On the shores Of TuscarOra,
Near to Werowsncc, the palace
OF King pOwHATAN, who fourished
Ia that section Of the country,
Whereunto they we're invited
BY this hosp table monarch,
And remarkably we'll treated;
Until fat with rice and pumpkins,
vheatcake and sweetpotatoes,
Squashes, Homminy and DoughDuts,
They began to wax audaciOus,
Aud put on such airs and graces
They were perfectly disgusting.
Now, the natives knowing nothing
OF the benefits intended
by this foreign congregation,
Who had come so far TO show them
Al how much they'd been mistaken;
In what darkness they were dwelling,
And how much obliged they were to
These DISTINGUISHED people,
Who had journeyed to enlghten
Their unfortunate condition.
Through these potent triunited
Anglo-Saxon oivilizers,
Rum, Gunpowder, and Religion,
Now, the natives, as | mentioned.
Didn't SEQ the Joke precisely
In the way it was expected,
They believing, simple creatures,
They could manage their own matters
Without any interference
Thought the shortest way to settle
Those gratutOus advisers,
Would be quietly to knock them
On the head like Bulls Of Bsshan,
II was then ,JouSsNIrH WAS taken
To be treated in such fashion,
Lying in pleasant posture
On the ground his head supported
by chunk of RUSS pavement.
lie looked round him with emotion.
King PowuArAS stood beside him,
With his batte-cluh tremendous,
Which around bis head he lOurishOd
TO accelerate its motion,
SO that when il swift descended
Upon JoHNsMiTHS percranium,
Then he wouldn't know what hurt him
Thrice the fatal club was brsndished,
And Jon. thought upon bis mother,
Thought upon the prayer che taught him
When be first, tiny urchin,
Bent his knee in simple wonder.
In that moment, all his childhood
Stood before him like vision,
And he thought he was "A "goner,"
When the Kings remorseless purpose
Was Immediately arrested
Ey scrcam from Pocahontas.
Pooahontas, his own daughter
She, the dove Of Worocomoco,
The pride of Tuscarura,
Quickly laid her lovely tresses
On the pale cheek of the victim.
This mute eloquencs Of nature
To the heart Of JoHNsNiTH whispered,
You have yet squeak, old fellow
Now, &c, &c.
This highly interesting drama will be
scented at Darts Hall, this evening.
V"o sharld miss seeing il.