The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-05-24

INOWt ncIt HcdlIn W lHc fltAV OlQ IulSStlS,
And all the gals that want to kiss us;
Look away, etc.
But If you want to drive away sorrow,
Come and hear dis mig tomorrow;
Look away, etc.
Den wish was in Dixie, etc.
Oars buclSwheat cakes and Ingen batter,
Makes you fat or q little fatter;
Look away, etc.
Den hoe it down and scratch your grabble;
To Dixie's land I'm bound to trabble;
Look away, etc.
Den wish was in Dixie, etc.
When the war broke out, other lines
were written to fit the measure, and the
stirring melody at once became the chief
war song of the south. 1t Is said that Pres
ident Lincoln requested band to play
"Dixie" in 1865, short time after the
surrender Of Appomattox, remarking that
"as we had captured the rebel army we
had captured also the rebel tune"
OF "My Maryland, which James Rus
sell Lowell pronounced the finest poem
inspired by the civil war, the following
story Is told: 1t was in April, 1861, that
James r. Randall, a native Marylander,
then in Louisiana, published "An Exiled
Sons Appeal to his mother state to cast
her fortunes with the seeding common
wealths of the south. Political feeling in
Maryland at the time was intense. The
residence of Colonel William Miles Cary
was one Of the many centers of Confed-
crate feeling among the patrican element
of the population, the greater portion of
which was ardently in sympathy with
the secession movement. 1t was here, one
evening In June, 1861, during the meet
ing Of musical club, that Miss Hettie
Cary, one of the daughters, suggested that
the words Of my Maryland" should be
adapted to some music. In order to make
the suggestion more impressive she re-
cited the poem. In moment Miss
Jenny Cary, her sister, exclaimed as II in
spired, "Lauriger Horatius'' the we'll
known college song that has resounded
from the musical throat of almost every
college boy. Thus the words found voice
in the great hymn that has since been
heard around the world.
A few months later q memorable scone
occurred at Manassas. While visiting
friends in the army the two sisters were
serenaded by the now celebrated Washing
ton artillery of New Orleans. When the
band ceased playing, one of the officers
exclaimed, Lets hear a womans voice. !"
Miss Jenny Cary standing, in the tent
door, thereupon sang "My Maryland. 4"
The refrain was speedily taken up by hun
dreds of the southern soldiers, and from
that moment the verses lived and grew in
to power. 1t was the birth of the song in
the army. AS the words may not now be
generally remembered, they are repeated
here:
The despot's heel is on thy Shore
Maryland
His touch is ct thy temple door,
Maryland
AvenGo the patriotic gore
That heclzed the streets of Baltimore,
And be the battle queen of yore,
Maryland, my Maryland
Hark to thy wandering sons appeal,
Marylandi
lily mother stated To thee lSneel,
Maryland
For life and death, for woe and veal,
Thy peerless chivalry reveal,
And grid thy beauteous limbs with steel,
Maryland, my Marylandl
Thou wilt not cover in the dust,
Marylandl
Thy beaming sword shall never rust,
Remember Carroll's sacred trust,
Remembor Towards warlilze thrust,
--aryland, my Maryland
Come, for thy shield is bright and strong,
Maryland
Come for thy dalliance does thee wrong,
Marylandl
Come to thine own heroic throng
That stalks with liberty along,
And give q new key to thy song,
Maryland, my Marylandl
] sec the blush upon thy cheek,
Marylandi
But thou vast ever bravely meek,
Marylandl
But, 10, there surges forth shrieli
From hill to hill, from creek to creek,
Potomac calls to Chesapeake,
Maryland, my Marylandl
Thou wilt not yield the vandal toll.
Thou wilt not crook to his control,
Marylandi
Better the fire upon thee roll,
Better the blade, the shot, the bowl,
Than crucifxion Of the soul,
Maryland, my Maryland
hear the distant thunder hum,
Maryland
The old lines bugle, fife and drum,
Maryland
She is not dead nor deaf nor dumb
Huzza she spurns the northern scumi
She breathes, she burnsi She'll come,
she'll comel
Maryland, my Maryland
Next to "Dixie" in its power of arous-
Ing enthusiasm and as marching song is
1.-THE Bonnie Blue Flag" 1t Is singu.
lar coincidence that, like Dixie" it was