Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-05-08
Yanks on us dun quit

] -. ssN 0'NON7 obSQs Ntt III NlEnl,
Nur fur two CRATE kihs folks nashuus
toe go set the worl atight
With the blastin' fires of battle, nur I,
loose 0ls'Nick fum-welIl
That's onlcss he's on'ey wanted, less
toe ring his cabin bell
On them durn-fool pollytishuns, thet SC
cruel tr.fiin' ar,
Es w'ud low po' ig'nunt peoples Stun.
blin onct agin to wah.
Well, my comfads, pears yo' haint quit
of yo' ole tricks even yet;
Go n crowdin' on the Yankees jess es
l. nigh yo' is let;
Living ON ther cloes en- rashuns, ell the
best NV all'they'se got,
Nur in ginrul, too perticu'lar, of yo'
them rasluns hot.
Twurnt so pisun bad, ther grub wurnt,
them ole days, fur sicli es wo,
Tho they mostly mkt ther ginger,
stingin' sharp en- pow'rfnl free. =
Fur they wus peart fightin men, too; en-
recliun we uns still,
Haint furgot our frolic with 'em, clim-
bin Summitury Hill
Same, back yander- ~
But, by jingo! What's this pro-
iickin L SEQ
1o' dun tix't hyar. es they tell me, fur
'remembrin Gin'rul Lee?
'penra som,hoy ! .,an't Assackly y, fairly
gree to soshatc him,
With no sittin roun', full-belied, in sto'
cloes, ell slick, en- trim,
Es that wurnt the kline o. pick nick,
w'icli his foll'yers mosly found.
When Marsc Robbut TUX EN- with him
fur toe goe rumpagin round.
CANT make hit out pursizely. Rekun
yo'-uns hhintAGood Laws!
Haint no need zoe meet fur dinin, nur
fur smokin yo' c'gyars,
Fur toe keep in mind, on. Gin'rul--
Oh! hits only thoc, yo' sayp
So hit pears yo've met bout 'onrin W
his Butn-Day, this hyar wayY
Well! now, eff he mout jess jine us!A
tho TIN / warnt his tie, by gum!
sem how whar foxes wud praise him,
war the las place thet he'd cum.
But up front, yo' bet he'd rastle, fast
enuif, whar duty'd call,
En- whar his boys wus Irubbled hc'd be
thar the fust of all
Look ha'f clos'n yo eyes, yoll see
him-mor'n thirty years this light
Thar, astride hiscrtter, follerin, whnr
his armys gwync toe fight;
With his grave facs sort o. plesur'd en-
with ilashin roun the eye,
Wen Ell an, Ell wo'ne en- ragged Gums
his vetruns rompin by.
He mout feel they'sc kline o ruklus, en-
wdr usin'-up, too fas,
But he khowd thcyse gwine 10 hole on
wllar he sont EN- tell the last;
Evin eff they wus out-numb rd. En- ther
wurnt no news to tell
Onct he hearn, break thru the iirin, way
up frunt, tho Rebel Yell. =
Our Blue friends, in ginerul foun, 'em
wen they'd wait emthaftoEreet,
jess es p zen full o''bizn;s es is Ii IL.
hawks outer meat.
Reckulec, too, in the Wildness, wen
TUX sharp on both hits nanks,
Our frunt line fell back, en- tn ngs wus
: swarmin blue with cheerii Yanks, |
How he cum out, blin-angry, lookin
fine en- peart, en- large.
Plum hcllbent. to h ad the colyum, en-
make sho' of thet ar Charge
Wen we drug back, 'thout advancin 10
war DUN struk, tell his rein
kitch'd eh his hess. "trav ler," tuned
en- headed roun agiu:
Vile we shouted we wurnt budgin,
tell he'd git back safe toe rear; =
Lord! how misly.lke his eyes got, wen
he hearn his cbllun cheerl-
Then heIbow'd en- slow rid Off, with
e kline o. smile, at fust,
But he laff.d out loud, wen we-upons
up and made them Yankees dust.
Wen he cum, that mite, whar lay,
so'ley hut
81 o!Sbucksl CANT
FAIRLY 'spess no mo, o,--my ole eyea-en
my wu'ds, is CROWN faint
1-Whatss.>set whisp'rip?A-I shS6d
rckunl Not no niy.l "a. c.-..,s ..,,-.l
SO!
Well--byars ho~dyl
'Praps mout then-sich a
teenchy glass; onct mo-
'sho! thet struk clar thru the bulls.eyel
=, Whar wus we? -
Our Gin'aul?-well!--
But reck'n I'll pull up hyar, sos to lei
snni others tell
Their own 'speriunce, fur my tallSin
bout him CANT no mo shut off
onct hits loose then cricks in spring
time wen the ice is melted sof..
Sides wat goods ther en- my talkin' Of
" I KEEP on plum all day