Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1886-12-11

vi age, or tnereaDOut,
Betune the haythen and Judaar
A bloody war broke out.
His brothers listed for the war;
Begorral they wor' daisies
His father TUX a contract for
To sell the army chases.
DAVID the Guild man said one day,
You'd loike little thramp;
Tst load some chases on the dhray,
And take 'em down to camp"
He dhroye to camp and sought straight
way
The commissary's tint;
He cot voucher for his pay,
tn 10 his brothers whit.
He found 'em lookin' mighty blue,
And in dreadful fright;
Retrate was what they wished to do,
But .yil bit to fight.
A big, black bully, tin tut tall,
Was blufiin' all the Jews,
And throops and staff and Gin'ral Saul,
WoI' qnakin' in their shoes.
Goliath was the craythur's name,
A howlin' philistine,
His sword was loike the lightnin's flame
HIS spear was k pine.
He wore upon his back and breast
To thousand pounds of brass;
The hine ofhim, completely dhressed,
Would ,mash lookin'-glass.
And very day the haste would sthrut,
lnflamed wild drink and pride,
And Ike all Israel closely shut
In line well fortified.
"Come out" he'd bawl, ''come out of
there,
Beyant your dirthy works;
Com NV We dare, and fight me fair,
Yez bloody, Hebrew Turksp
But very faithful lsraelite
Sa d. Lave the blacgard be;
Az coorse, no dacint jew can fight
Wild sich low trash as he"
This sort of thing was well and good;
Tin David jined the throop;
Wien he the matter understood,
Bedad lie raised whoop;
SIT is burning sin and shame"
III said,' upon me word,
To hear this haythen hound defame
The chosen of the Lord.
"And since no other mon has felt
A wish to tan his hide,
Pll fl sht him for the champions belt,
And fifty pounds side"
The corp'ril of the guard he tould
The off'sur of the day,
What David said, and he made bould
To mintion it attay
The edge-du-kong was in that mess,
And heerd the whole discoorse;
So he-he couldn't do no less
Tould Gin'ral Saul av coorse;
The Chafe of staff tould the High Praste
TO sind peremptuous orthers,
For David to report in haste
At Gin'ral SauPs headquarters.
But whin the son Of Jesse kim.
And Saul beheld the lad,
So young, so tindher-loike, and shlim,
1t made him tearin' mad.
"Oh, houly Mosesw look at that"
Said Saul-''the boys consate;
How can it be that SIGH brat
Can match that heavy weight
avid that blood-suckin' giant thafe
This baby can not sthrive;
Thu Philistine, it's my belafe,
Would ate him up alive"
Thin David said, "Me Lord, its thrue
This seems rash intint;
Yet while l weigh but nine stun two,
Pm tull ofdiyilmint.
"a lion and a bear kim down
The mountains rugged sides,
Islew the bastes, and wint to town
And thraded of their hides.
"And since for roarin' brutes loike thin
Eve found I'm mon enough,
I'm quite convinced that / can thrim
This blaggard pagan rough"
"Avick!' says Saul, "ye're full ofpluck,
And wag yure little chin
Like one who rally thrusts his luck,
And names to thry am win.
cpl give We my best coat of mail
A new spring suit just made
Tuck it a trife in the tail,
And pad the shoulder blade"
But David didn't understand
The use OF such thing,
And only wanted in his hand
His staff and thrusty sling.
Whin Goliath saw little David ap
proachin', afther having heerd pro
clamation that a gra'at champion wai
comm out to fight him, musha, ht
Taught fit to shplit his sides and by
rason of what passed betune them in