The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-10-18
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AZ THE smtTin.
Pici,Nns county h0uih Carolina.


shoe your houa' Well yes, FD,i reckon J
Hero, johnny come brush gntho dies like a
Fine "renoryg Yes, but ifyou were louy
10 plough up mat ull'sllri you uhQrnlhud
ina urcG Of those mountains heAelds, now,
And smooth about Charleston pcrhapa
you've boon lhvro
/ am aid Tor my trndcl lam iugtslXly.four
iut tumo years are long asa llu-Nnr, nay
Ten l,le.rimes have passed slncc--but never
Here, joe, orIng chuIr-taNo the gentle
nuns hdl,
Ana, sgIc, ny blossom, run quickly and
4 nlco cup Of water nom gundpas cola
hplinH,
Ycs grandchildren; orphans, sir throo llille
They Grr6ll We have lett now, rollour four
Are dGld; Jamos aud Harry, aud brave littlo
VINO worn out Win marching, dropped dcnd
with iM dium on his haclun more boy, slr
the pridr
Ofhls mother, who never has smiled since
he died.
ny The cola RoppohonnocF our cI''s'on
They were starving Observation-Disclosures
put thev charged IN their rngs, and were
mOwn down Ike WusS
Iou living aud dcau in The frozen murnss.
Have you ever been hungry, SIR, day ''Iter
You don't know how II takes mans spirits
away.
But thcy charged IN thcirrass' Thoy r0Shod
with u cheer
On tAG enomy's ranks as they slowly drew
Tho biuS,coatod yankees, well clothed and
WHO, wonGerng, looked at our poor fam
When, tue struggle so hopeless, so weak
Gaunt, shociass, and ragged, they lay on the
shore.
Into the Wilderness, iiar% ana J@nes
They never came out We 'aw ti'lr NV"
Reported as "ms>ing;" and Hony's young
Just pined awoy-pmed away out of tins
Then we We rode to join Lee, old horse poobn
As th %'i, boys hnd died 50 the fothercould
diet
The Thin ranks were sweled by old men with
And boys under age those last days OF des-
pair 49,, ,.,,,, aud
And The fleldf were uuplouehed save by wo-
men is weak arms. ....,
How we marched on our our rag-coNereu'
frozen old feet!
How ibe poor lads paraded, with nothing to
eat tk
don't know what makes me run on in TINS
There-.thc shoe isquitc fast, slr--I bid you
A quarter9 Yes thank you. THAT road 10
Five FORKS, did you say? Was ! IN that
was and this bony hand fired the last gun
OF our lest haggard rally ere Victory was wo"'
BY sheridan's men, full of beef and hard
With miles CT fat wagon trains safe at their
wrile The ragged Confederate tiGhtened his
belt 100 l,,,t.
Then came AppomattoX, The contest was
The long struggle oyer-you Yankees h"o
won!
And is not peace better2 you ask can !
MY thoughts are away where my four strong
boys fell. ,.,,oI
To argue the question | never was goou--1
Carolina Went out, and we al undets.o2u
We must 20 with our State-iand can Inahe
To my mind that my four boys have all
died in vain ,-,,,-. i,o,,
Perhaps on are right--you talk IKE p0oh-
Pm old and tired out, and so can louh
AWAY back tl "prlncipleS ";all can 40
Is plough up that hillside ana set Il lIsrlio y,
To feed these poor children but sometimes
dream lf
OF the old days in Charleston--how iar Oh
Oh I proud was old Charleston, down there
by the sea. t,uu .,,,,ot,o ,
And bright were those days; but they re over
for me lf ~ =. -, .,, ri,,f
Forever, Yes-Time but he never can Sin'
Nv BOYS, who had only their one NE 10 ~ Z
don't understand, an it's no use 70 try,
But the Lord understands, ana hen 'e'i INV
why
Some day when, at last, my four los' ooS'
will come ian, gl,o,oe
There's q horse wants a shoe--yeS, '"'J -
turning this way; ,-. ,,,,, .,.,,o,,,
It's Judge Brown OF THIS ulstrlce' VH"' """'
He's coi color ! ofcoursoi we're used totnaa
Let me hold your horse, Jude. Run JOE
bring chair. 5L -et