Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-04-12

went forth to the siege and battle. The song
referred to above was written by James X
Randall, now, We believe, one Of the editors
Of the Augusta Chronicle, and bears date OF
Pointe Coupee, April 20, 1901" There are
no such lines in it as these
The tyn,nts heel is Oh thy neck
Maryland, my Maryland
The mr.. verse is as follows
The despot's heel - on thy shore.
Maryland
His torch Is al thy temple door,
Maryland
Avenge thy patriotic gore,
That hecked the Of Baltimore
And be the battle queen Of yore,
Maryland my Maryland
Maryland at that time trcmbed in the
balance between loyalty to the Union and
secession, and this song was intended to fire
the hearts Of the people, and win them over to
the side of Virginia, which had Just cast her
fortunes with the new Confedcracy. II i'm
mediately became popular, and was sung in
every rebel camp from the Potomac to the
Mississippi hut MARYLAND remained seadfast
TO the Union, despite this powerful appeal.
| The lyric quality Of the Southern song.
writers during the war was conspicuous.
| Their songs were animated by the intcnsest
local patriotism, and breathed the fcrcest
spirit Of war.
| Albert Pike, who was once thought to be
the coming great American poet, wrote a song
quite as popular as My Maryland, and adapted
| tl, ,,f nt,st. h. ,e
stirring enough
| Southrons hear your country cal. you
Up lest worse than death befall you
To arms % arms 10 arms in Dixie
| Lo all the beacon.iires lighted,
Let al hearts he united
70 arms To arms 10 arms in Dixie.
Advance the flag Of Dixie
Hurrh hurrah
For DiNies land take stand,
And live and die for Dixie
70 arms To arms
And conquer peace for Dixie
To arms To arms
And conquer peace for Dixie
The original Down in Dixie was as follows
| wish was in the land Of cotton.
Ole times dey not forgotten;
| In Dixie land whar bawn in
| Airy a frosty mswnin.
| Ole mssis marry Win de weber
Will he gay deceaber
When he put his around her
He looked as fierce a forty FOUNDER,
His face was sharp as a butchers cleaber
But dat didn't F, bit to greeb er
Will run away, missus took decline,
Her face was de color Of de bacon rine.
While lnissis libed she bed in elober.
When she died she died all ober
How could she act de foolish par,
An marry broke her heart
Bucs wheat cakes eawn-meal batter
Make YOU fat little fatter
Here's health to the mex old missis,
An all The gals as wants to kiss
Now II you want dribe away sorrow,
Come and hear dis song
Den hoe il down and scratch de grabble
70 Dixie land 1 IN bound trabble.
CHORUS.
wish was in Dixie, hooray, hooray
In Dixie land
Wen take stand
10 live an die in Dixie;
Away away, away down Soui in Dixie
3 Away, away, away down souf in Dixie
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= was known nj the North, called OH, man.
stirring poems calculated to renew the courage
" Of the Southern people and lire them to re
newed exerion for independence.
Among the most graphic OF these and will
certain grim humor in it. was one entitled
Flight of Doodles. These sample verse
must suffice
come from old Manassas with pocket full Of fun
, killed forty Yankees with singe.barr.lled gun
1t don't make n,ii-a .stiaerence to neither you nor !,
Big Yankee, little Yankee, all run die.
saw old tuss-and Feathers Scott, twenty miles ava,
His horses stuck up their ears and you oughs TO hes
en- neigh;
Ru, it dout make nif,asaerence to neither you ne
e Old Scott ned like the devil boys root, hog, die.
The Bonnie Blue Flag was one of III
most singable lyrics OF the war, aud was IN
" mensely popular, even in the Moth, by reaso
i. OF lis beautiful air. II tells how, when g ou
nights wese hreatenct,n the cry arose 18th
y g Bonnie blue Flag thai bears single star :
and reciles the secession Of state after state
and concludes a. follows;
ed linen ehss'' boys, shse' i"ss inc lo>''~ S"o",
" ror Arkansas aud North Caron., have both go'
ou
M Anil Il, .no,h., c,o.;o cheer Co, Tennessee be give
rhs SIN i. ga, N IN. Bonni, Blu. rL.u has grown
- ~, .,,.n
Th;. 6,es ,h, date ol this son,. I, NJ,
written after the secession OF the eleven stat,
h,d h..on ,omnlc,ed and before there had bee
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