The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-05-25
Answer to BiIly-The Devil is Loose

ana Qe ponce sleep, auu ue calaoooee
Empty on account so many billy goat
loose,
Like de little Billy making such fuss,
Cause de sheep wants laws,
Like Moses has sed.
It is so, dat dis here town
Is falling fast and going down,
And little if any dat is good
Going on in de neighburhood,
And de sabbath is broken ebery day,
So many Billy goats in de way,
So many Billy goats running at large,
So many kids have We in de farge.
It is true dat Moses laws
Is no more counted and am gone
In Bamberg.
So it is time as Billy has heerd
For all de Billy goats getting skeerd
In Bamberg.
It is not fur off, but it is true,
have said it and am going too.
Yes der is plague some time called
Der national game of base ball
Er going on in Bamberg,
Dat dam de kids and Billy goats,
Dat goes ter see it or ter play
Just fer fun on er.week-er day,
Which Moses wrote was innocent-not
When he was on der mounten top.
It sure is true dat de bad spirits loose,
In Bamberg.
It appears to me as Moses has said
There is none got er gun to shoot,
To slay de Billy goats in Bamberg.
God says son of man.
Put on the whole armor of God
And cry out against all de
Billy goats in Bamberg.
Then we should do as Christians true,
Do as God would have US do,
Hit all de goats in Bamberg,
An6 Billy too, who? who? who.
Yes Moses said Billy too.
Den let de goats turn ter sheep,
Which the good Master wants ter keep,
Way down yonder in Bamoerg.
Then de Sabbath we will keep,
Wonce er week in Bamberg.
Then God will be our Master,
And Christ our Sheperd in Bamberg.
Then Moses could no longer cry
Against de enterprise Of Bamberg.
Now der wonce was a leetle child,
He was de bestes, he wuZ so wise,
Dat his mama had ter hide him
From great goat like Billy.
Dis big goat he died and went
Ter punishment, like Billy will
Unless he repent and cease to play ball,
Like Billy does, against Gods laws
Den dis good child went ter work,
And stirred up all de debilment,
As Moses did in Bamberg.
And de people cried away with him,
He is too good for US,
AS dey did against Moses in Bamberg.
But dis good child to earth was sent
To keep de Billy goats out of debilment
To those who ter theatres 60,
And ter de diamond do flow,
And he has said if dey repent
He will keep dem out er debilment,
So dis good child from de sky do cry,
Repent, repent, or lest ye die
A Billy in Bamberg.
So listen to what Moses said,
Or else de cry will be, he ded, he ded,
He is gone ter punishment
Fer all his debilment in Bamberg.
But Moses died and is at rest
Fur crying out against debilment.
A new Moses in Bamberg treads
And fits cap on Billy's head,
Billy sed dis cap do not fit,
So he did at Moses hit.
But Moses said Billy it do fit,
If it was you dat got hit.
Moses said Billy do not throw,
For God said Moses tell him so,
And Moses done as he was taught,
To keep Billy from going ter naught.
But Moses did not know
De plain truth would hurt so,
But God said you must 60
And Moses went and found it so,
And true Moses in Gods way went,
And now he rests in de furmement.
But where will Billy 20
Unless he repent, repent,
And den keep out er debilment!
Den Billy will Moses brother Aaron be,
And he will say I now Bambergs evils see
Den he will say Moses dis evil we vii
fight,
Until we run dis debilment out.
Den all de goats will turn to sheep,
And serve God every day in der week.
Now Moses gun is still loaded,
With Gods word it exploded,
God said Moses keep it loaded,
And point it at de base ball ground,
Where all de Billy goats are found.
To these goats Gods son was sent,
And now he cries repent, repent.
Respectfully, MOSES.