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MY UNCLE SAM.

There was young man, and his name was
Uncle Sam,
He lived round here long ago.
And his brave deeds 1t is singing am,
For he did them for me, you know.
CHORUS:
Then tell all the glory of his name
Sing all the story of his fame,
You'll find no man like my Uncle Sam,
Tho you search the world for the Same.
There was an old man and his name was
George the King,
He sent his fleet DER the sea-
But Uncle Sam bravely told him this thing
He would pay him no tax on tea.
CHORUS.
They had big fight and the battle it was
long,
But Uncle Sam won the day.
And George the King tho his army was
strong.
Uncle Sam drove them all away.
CHORUS.
And now Uncle Sam, old, century grown.
Bids all the world come and see
How Freedoms flag in its beauty Is thrown
Ger his broad land Of Liberty!
CHORUS.
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HAIL! COLUMBIA.

Haill Columbia, happy land,
Hafli ye heroes, heaven born band,
Who fought and bled in freedoms cause,
Who fought and bled in freedoms cause,
And when the storm of war was gone,
Enjoy'd the peace our valor won,
Let Independence be our boast,
Ever mindful what it cost,
Ever grateful for the price,
Let its altar reach the skies.
CHORUS.
Firmly united let us be,
Rallying round our Liberty,
As band of brothers Joined,
Peace and safety we shall find.
Immortal patriots rise once more,
Defend your rights, defend your shore,
Let no rude foe with impious hand,
Let no rude foe with impious hand,
Invade the shrine where sacred lies,
OF toll and blood the weIl-earn'd prize,
While offering peace sincere and just,
In heavn we place a manly trust,
That truth and justice will prevail,
And every scheme Of bondage fail.
CHORUS.
Sound, sound the trump of fame,
Let Washington's great name
Ring thro' the world with loud applause,
Ring thro' the world with loud applause,
Let every cline to freedom dear,
Listen with joyful ear.
With equal skill, with Godlike pow'r
He governs in the fearful hour,
OF horrid war or guides with ease,
The happier times OF honest peace.
CHORUS.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-04
GOING TO THE PARK.

The Lines OF Travel and Scenes About the
Entrance An Roads Lead to It To-
Day - How to Get There Easily and
Speedily.
This is a beautiful park in which the peo-
pie will celebrate to-day. Its 450 acres in
clude natural elements of beauty and
grandeur possessed by no other park in the
large cities of the land 1t is a young park,
barely 3 years old; but it is already site
of magnificent views, splendid drives, se-
cluded walks, messy dells and all that goes
to make up a region of natural beauty and
romance.
1t is easy of access, but all lines of travel
will to-day be crowded Thousands, Of
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-04
AMERICAN HYMN.

Speed our Republic, o, Father on High,
Lead us in pathways Of Justice and right
Rulers as well as the ruled, zone and all,
Girdle with virtue-the armor Of might
CHORUS.
Hail! three times hail-to our country and
Hail! three times hail-to our country and
flag!
Hail! three times hail-to our country and
nag!
Hail. three times hail-to our country and
flag!
Foremost in battle for Freedom to stand
We rush to arms when aroused by its call,
Still as of yore, when George Washington
Thundsfs our war cry: We conquer or fall
CHORUS.
Faithful and honest to friend and to be-
Willing to die in humanity's cause
Thus we defy all tyrannical pow'r.
While we contend for our Union and lawsl
CHORUS.
Rise up, proud eagle, rise up to the clouds,
Spread thy broad wings DER this faf1
Western worldi
Fling from thy beak our dear banner Of
Show that it still is for Freedom unfurrd,
CHoRUs.
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CHORUS,
CHORUS.
MARCHING THROUGH GEOR.
GIA.

Bring the good old bugle, boys! we'n sing
another song
Sing it with spirit that will start the world
along
While we were marching thro' Georgia.
CHORUS
"Hurrah! Hurrah! we bring the Jubilee!
Hurrehl hurrah! the flag that makes you
So we sang the chorus from Atlanta to the
sea-
While we were marching through Georgia.
How the darkeys shouted when they heard
the joyful sound!
How ;.i the turkeys i1 ,d; EoODled which our COM
How the sweet potatoes even starred from
the ground,
While we were marching thro' Georgia.
CHORUS.
Yes, and there were Union men who wept
with joyful tears,
When they saw the honored flag they had
not seen for years;
Hardly could they be restrained from break
ing forth in cheers,
While we were marching thro' Georgia.
CHORUS.
"sherman's dashing Yankee boys will never
reach the coast!'
So the saucy rebels said, and twas hand
some boast
Had they not forgot, alas! to reckon with the
host,
While we were marching thro' Georgia.
CHORUS.
So we made a athoroughfare for Freedom and
her train,
Sixty miles in latitude-three hundred to the
main;
Treason fed before us, for resistance was in
vain,
While we were marching thro' Georgia.
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While the solemn bells are ringing,
By the tomb OF Washington.

/ While the solemn bells are ringings
By the tomb OF Washington.
CHORUS.
Tolling and knelling,
With q sad, sweet sound;
Der the wave the tones are swelling,
By Mt. Vernon's sacred ground.
Long ago the warrior slumbered-
Our country's father slept,
Long, among the angels numbered,
They the hero soul have kept.
But the children's children love him,
And his name revere,
So where willows wave above him,
Sweetly still his knell you hear.
CHORUS.
Sail, oh, ships, across the billows
And bear the story far,
How he sleeps beneath the Willows
"First in peace and first In war"
Tell, while sweet adieus are swelling,
Till you come again,
He within the hearts is dwelling,
OF his loving countrymen.
CHORUS
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RED, WHITE AND BLUE.

o Columbia the gem of the ocean,
The home of the brave and the free,
The shrine Of each patriots devotion,
A world offers homage to thee.
Thy mandates make heroes assemble,
When Liberty's form stands in view,
Thy banners make tyranny tremble,
When borne by the red, white and blue,
CHORUS
When borne by the red, white and blue,
When borne by the red, white and blue,
Thy banners make tyranny tremble,
When borne by the red, white and blue.
When war winged its wide desolation,
And threatened the land to deform,
The ark then of freedoms foundation,
Columbia, rode safe through the storm;
With her garlands Of vict'ry around her,
When so proudly she bore her brave crew,
With her flag proudly floating before her,
The boast of the red, white and blue.
CHORUS
Then bright wreaths Of laurel bring hither
Let none dare their honor assail;
May the wreaths they have won neve
wither,
Nor the star Of their glory grow pale;
May the service united ne'er sever,
But still to her colors prove true,
The army and navy forever!
Three cheers for the red, white and blue.
CHORUS:
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VIVA L'AMERICA, HOME OF
THE FREE.

Noble Republic, happiest of lands,
Foremost of nations, Columbia stands,
Freedoms proud banner floats in the skies,
Where shouts of Liberty daily arise.
"United we stand, divided we fall,
"Union forever" freedom to all!
CHORUS.
throughout the world our motto shall be,
Viva L'America, home Of the free;
Throurhout the world our motto shall be,
Viva LAnerica, home OF the free!
Should ever traitor rise in the land.
Cursed be his homestead. withered his hand,
Shame be his memory, scorn be his lot,
Exile his heritage, his name a blot!
Omitted we stand, divided we fall"
Granting a home and freedom to all;
CHORUS.
To all her heroes, Justice and Fame,
To all her foes, a traitors foul name;
Our stripes and Stars" still proudly shall
wave,
Emblem OF Liberty, flag Of the bravel
"United we stand, divided we fall"
Gladly we'll die &C our country's call.
CzoRus
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possibility of disease was mentioned to him
q cloud of anxiety fitted over his coun-
tenance, but he said: "Oh, no; think not.
He has done that ever since he was q baby.
They tell me, he will grow out Of it.
These points of interest are only the
Chief They are q few samples from the
great park, but to-day the thousands of boys
and girls will find out all the hooks, the rus
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-04

Oh! thus be it ever when Freedom shall
stand
Between their lov'd home, and the wars
desolation;
Blest with vfct'ry and peace, may the
Heav'n rescu'd land,
Praise the Pow'r that hath made and pre-
serv'd us a nation;
And conquer We must, when our cause 1t Is
just,
And this be our motto-"In Goo is Our
Trust"
CHORUS.
And the Star Spangi'd Banner, in triumph
shall wave,
Ger the Land OF the Free, and the home Of
the Brave.
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AMERICA.
MY COUNTRY IT'S OF THEE.

nj SOO N L II L 10 Or LAIL
My country, tits of thee
Sweet land of liberty,
OF thee I sing;
Land where my fathers died,
Land of the pilgrims pride,
From ev'rv mountain side,
Let freedom ring.
Mynative country, thee
Land OF the noble, free,
Thy name l love;
] love thy rocks and rills,
Thy woods and tempted hills
NV heart with rapture thrills,
Like that above.
Let music swell the breeze,
And ring from all the trees,
Sweet freedoms song;
Let mortal tongues awake;
Let all that breathe partake:
Let rocks their silence break;
The sound prolong.
Our fathers God, to Thee,
Author OF liberty,
To Thee We sing;
Long may our land be bright
With freedoms holy light;
Protect us by Thy might,
Great God our King.
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q large grove of old apple trees. with some
cherries and peaches This orchard crowns
the highest point In the park, and from 1t
the vista of distant hills, rivers, spires and
forests is magnificent This hill was noted
in the olden time as the site Of an Indian
beacon, whence signals were flashed to other
hills beyond both the Allegheny and the
Monongahela Under the broad apple trees
there are forty swings for the little ones,
and nearby Is a nerry-go-round whose
operator gives one-ffth of his receipts to
the fireworks fund.
A Little Short on Age.
just below the orchard is an old log
cabin, only one-story high, having at one
end great chimney built of fiat stones.
Formerly there stood at each of the four
corners Of the house tall poplar, but one
has fallen and disappeared. It's place Is
partially taken by large lilac bush. A
policeman in gray uniform will tell the
questioner, ''Thls is the house where Wash
ington is said to have stopped over night
on his way from Braddock to Mount
Washington. 1t is no years old" To
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-04

HE weather being
fair, there will to-
day be four times as
m any people in
Schenley Park as
there were in the
city of Philadelphia
when the Declara-
tion ofIndependence
was signed 116 years
ago, The population
of the city on the
Delaware was then
25, 900, and there will
he at least 100 000
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-04
Where the Indian Used to Lurk.
And gaze through gath'ring years, afar,
On freedoms natal day.

On Freedoms natal day.
CHORUS.
Ring a merry peal of bells,
While the roar of cannon swells;
Fling the banners to the morning breeze,
Float the streamers DER the land and seas
Spread the red, and white and blue
All the happy nation through
Shouting. with a voice of glee, boys,
A song of Independence Day.
Our country's annals CLEAN and burn,
That tell her storied age.
To-day with loving hand we turn
Her noblest, early page.
No day in all our nations life
So grand as this shall be;
When, facing death, and pain and strife,
They wrote: "All men are free"
CHORUS.
And though, with grand heroic names,
Our hearts are full to-day,
Not one a higher tribute claims,
Than those who led the wayi
We honor that devoted band,
OF tried and truest worth
Charles Carroll, OF the Southern land
John Hancock, Of the North.
CHORUS.
Bring garIands OF the fairest fiow'rs,
Wreathe high the arches green,
Let gladness fill the flying hours,
And glory gfld the scene.
Let all the air resound with mirth.
And crown the nations day of birth,
The best of all the year.
CHORUS.
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BENEDICT.

Hail! hail happy day! Hail sweet morning
Bright sun that gildeth a nations glory!
Now with joyful cry, Raise we our banner
high
Long may it wave DER the wise and the
And the young this day with loud rejoicing,
Shall the deeds of the ancient time pro.
claim.
When heav'n smiled the contest blessing
And q nation gained a name-Hail!
Mark each bearing high, Gleameth each
fearless eye;
Freedom hath sealed us, And wisdom hath
crowned us;
Here in gloom Shall lower, Never a tyrant's
Free in all ages our land shall be,
Our land (our land forever free) Our land
Forever free-our land (our land for
ever free) Our land
Forever free-(shall be) Shall be forever
free (Repeat)
Hail! hail! happy day, Swift the glad-d ming
Darts over mountain and wide rolling
river,
Firm il youthful might. God will guard
vanquish invaders and shelter the. free;
For We know the gift our fathers left MS,
And will sing to freedoms holy flame,
Anu lkS SplcnOOI 6'er increasing,
Shall secure enduring fame, yes!
Hail! hail! happy dayi Hail sweet morn
ing ray!
Burning in brightness from ocean to
ocean:
So down the course OF time, Far may thy
glory shine,
Fair land of freedom forever endure.
Shall be (Shall be forever free). Shall be
(Repeat)
Forever free (Shall be, shall be forever
free) Shall be
Forever free (Shall be) Shall be forever
free. (Repeat).
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INDEPENDENCE DAY.

Air: champagne Charlie.r
The year is full of days that mark,
Our country's growing fame,
Since sailing DER the waters dark,
Our fathers hither came.
Yet, from new fields Of glorious war,
We turn our eyes away,
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the Indian chiefs held their council fires,
and sat tar into the night to tell tales of en-
counter OF lay plans for war, while the
whip-poor-wil called In the dense darkness
of the thicket and the panther walled his
doleful cry in the far treetops. Now the
glen Is a stroll for lovers, or playground
for merry children.
Near the foot of this glen Is the little
lake, q pretty piece of water where row.
boats will soon be for hire. It is 100 yards
broad and 200 yards long, and is kept in
bounds by an old embankment which FORM
erly did duty for an ice pond. Along its
borders are footpaths, and the trees from
the hillside lean over its surface and shake
their green leaves at their olive reflections
in the water.
Perfection Of Childish Happiness.
The roads that run through the park wind
around in broad curves, but path runs
over the hills toward the Zoo, whence thou
sands will to-day take their way. They will
pass through fields studded with millions Of
daisies, whose whiteness fairly obscures the
green of the short grass. Here there are no
signs to keep off the grass and the children
may wander as they please and fill their
arms with flowers. Yesterday an old man,
coming along the path with q companion.
said: "Here is happiness to perfection, a,
little child among the daisies. The only
trouble can see is that she has more daisies
than she can gather" To-day there will
be thousands Of such pictures of happiness.
This pathway leads to Snyder's orchard,
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MT. VERNON BELLS.

"Massa's in de Cold, Cold Ground"
Where Potomac's stream is flowing
Virginia's border through;
Where the white sailed ships are going,
Sailing to the ocean blue;
flushed the sound Of mirth and singing
Silent, everyone
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CHORUS.
,ONG OF A THOUSAND YEARS.
MUSIC, h. O. WORK.

MUSIC, h. O. WORK.
Lift up your heads, Responding freemen
Sol for your guide star appears;
Forward ye braves! the daylight's breaking,
And it will shine thousand years.
CHORUS.
A thousand years my own Columbia
Tis the glad day SO long fOretold;
Tis the glad morn whose early twilight
Washington saw in times of old.
These are the times that try true courage,
Never give place to doubt or lear:
Why should you douDt-the bow of promise
Surely will stand thousand years.
CHORUS.
thousand years, my own Columbia, etc.
Sol this bright star in glory riding,
High in the heavens each heart 1t cheers:
Join the glad shout, swell out the chorus;
Jubilee lasts thousand years.
4 snousand years my own Columbia. etc.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-04
YANKEE DOODLE.

Origin OF Yankee Doodle-In the summe
of IT'S the British army under command O
Abercrombie, lay encamped on the cas-
bank of the Hudson river little south o
the City Of Albany, awaiting enforcement
OF militia from the Eastern States previous
to marching on Ticonderoga. During tn,
month Of June these raw levies poured int
camp company after company, each maj
differently armed, equipped and accouteret
from his nefghbor, and the whole present
| ing such spectacle as was never eQualed
unless by the celebrated regiment of merry
nshed
Gers. One DR.. Shamburg, an English sur.
| geon, composed the tune of yankee boo
die, and arranged 1t to words, which were
4 Joke took, and the tune has come down to
this day. The original words, which we
take from Farmer and Moore's "Historia
Collections" published in 1890, we have not
however. met with before in many years.
As far back as 1900 this tune is found as
"Aucy Locket Lost Her Pocket"
Father and I went down to camp,
Along with Captain Goodwin:
And there we saw the men and boys,
As thick as hasty pudding.
Yankee Doodle, doodle-do. Yankee Doodle
Mind the music and the step. and with your
Yankee Doodle keep it up Yankee Doodle
dandy;
Yankee Doodle, hal ha! ha. Yankee Doodle
dandy.
And there was Captain Washington
Upon q shaping stallion,
And giving orders to his men,
guess there was a million.
CHORUS.
And then the feathers on his hat,
They looked so tarnal fney,
WANTED peskily to get
To give to my Jemima.
CHORUS:
And there they had a swamping gun,
As big as log OF maple,
On deuced little cart,
A load for fathers cattle.
CHORUS.
And every time they fired it Off
1t took horn Of powder;
1t made q noise like fathers gun,
q. Only nation louder.
CHORUS.
Invent as near to it myself
As Jacobs underpinin',
And father went as near again
thought the deuce was in him.
CHORUS.
And there see little keg,
Its heads were made OF leather,
They beat upon't with little sticks,
To call the folks together.
CHORUS
And there they'd fife away like fun,
And play on corn-stalk f1ddles,
Anc some had ribbons red as blood,
All bound around their middles.
CHORUS.
The troopers, too, would gallop up
And fire right in our faces;
It scared me almost half to death
To see them run such races.
CHORUS.
Uncle Sam came there to change
Some pancakes and some onions
For 'lasses cakes to carry home
To give his wife and young ones.
CHORUS.
But can't tell you half STE,
They keep up such . smother; -
So took my hat on, made bow,
And scampered home to mother
CHORUS.
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tic seats, the pools of water where they may
bathe their bare feet, the fruit trees, the
flowers and the outlook hills. They will
hear the meadow lark sing in the grass, the
song sparrow triIl on the vine-c1sd fence,
the robin call In the apple tree snd the Chez
wink sound his little note in the dark un-
derbrush.
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assemblages in the park ofthe common peo-
pie, these Publications for the working
man, with his wife and children, will teach
the middle and poor classes to 60 to the
park and to love It 1t will become ia
miliar place to them. and the library will
seem to them as only part of the broad do
main where they have q right to roam and
to find delight
A Day of Healthful Enjoyment
There are lasting benefits outside Of the
immediate good which the people will re-
oeive to-day. They will to-day secure re-
Taxation from labor and worry, chance to
fill their lungs with the pure air of the fields
and forests and their minds with the sweet
influences of immediate intercourse with
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ALI Previous Celebrations of
Independence Day to
Be 0utdOne.
GRAND PATRIOTIC RALLY.
Two Hundred Thousand Citizens
Expected to Attend.

The Programme for the Occasion Out
shines Anything Ever Before At
tempted-Beauties Of Schenley Point
ed Out-Fun Provided for the Little
ones-Preparations Made to Garry
visitors-An Outline of the Days Pro-
ceedings-Names Of the Orators-The
Athletic Events and the Contestants
Gorgeous Fireworks in the Evening.
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course, will walk, but many thousands more
will 60 by street railway. The Second ave-
nue. electric line will carry people from all
along the bank of the Monongahela, by
way of Greenfield avenue to the great new
iron bridge which spans Four Mile run and
admits to the new driveway at the extreme
southeast corner of the park. This entrance
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COLUMBIA, BLEST LAND

Columbia, beloved land,
l turn my eyes to see
The source Of all the blessings grand,
Thou hast in store for me.
Then over the years backward gaze,
Following fast and far,
Until reach the early days
OF our own Columbia dear.
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FLAG OF THE FREE.

Nobly our flag f1utters DER us to-day,
emblem of peace, pledge of liberty's sway,
Its foes shall tremble and shrink in dismuy,
If e'er insulted 1t be. -
Our Stripes and Stars loved and honored by
all,
Shall float forever where freedom may call,
It still shall be the flag of the free,
Emblem OF sweet liberty.
Here we will gather its cause to defend,
Let patriots rally, and wise counsels lend,
1t still shall be the flag of the free
Emblem of sweet liberty.
With it in beauty no flag can compare,
All nations honor our banner so fair,
II to insult 1t a traitor should dare,
Crushed to the earth let him be-
Freedom and progress our watchword to-
day,
Honor to thee, thou fay of the free,
Emblem of sweet liberty.
CHORUS.
Ever united this fair land shall be-,
Our flag shall conquer on land or on sea,
Ev'ry opposer shall soon bend the knee,
God speed the darling old flag.
No North, no South, no New England, no
West,
One country always, the greatest, the best;
Long may it wave, the poor and oppressed,
Bless thee, thou flag Of the free.
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gaze at the giddy boys who chase baseball
bounding over the grass.
Hard to Tell What They Think.

pVuuuAuS ofoE tuc grass
Hard to Tell What They Think.
What these sheep will think to-day, when
the cannon and the bands and the gorgeous
crowds scare them into the most secluded
hooks along the fence corners, can only be
a told by some expert in sheep lore, like
Rosa Bonheur, OF France.
At the right of the roadway is the arena
for the athletic sports in the afternoon.
Here is an oval track one-sixth Of mile
long, bisected on its longer axis by track
of 120 yards for sprinting. This track has
been rolled and beaten until it is almost as
hard as asphalt, with just enough spongi-
ness in it for fast footsteps Around the
track is an amphitheater Of temporary seats
where 10000 people may sit and see the
pastimes.
Only few rods beyond this track is a
sienboard by the roadside, saying: 'To
Panther Hollow" 1t points to a rugged
path which leads to the right, down among
the rocks and oak trees, into that famous
deep, dark and romantic glen which bears
the gruesome name printed on the sign
board.
Where the Indian Used to Lurz.
Down this deep glen runs purling brook,
which tumbles over mossy stones, dashes
down little cascades and eddies through
dark pools among the gnarled roots of oak
trees that could tell tales of Shihgiss, Ali
quippa and the days before Fort Duquesne.
For it was in this glen in. those days that