Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-08-29

oh, didn't they just swear, sir,
We burnt their depots and their stores,
And leveled all their tanks, sir,
And now the Johnnies daily pray
The Lord to curse the Yanks, sir.
Full forty miles this sort of work
The Yanks did leave behind, sir,
The rebels liked good railroad hands
We were not just the kind, sir.
At Winnsboro, then, we changed our
course
And started for Cheraw, SIR
No earthly power could Sherman stop,
For where he starts he'll go, sir.
The Johnnies from behind their works
Did look and see our -'bummers,"
Then quickly turned upon their heels
And proved themselves good run
ners.
The first division gave them chase
And ran them through Cheraw, sir,
They never took look behind,
But DER the bridge did go, sir.
We captured here an English gun,
A present from John Bull, SIR
When we have settled with the rebs
Well pay John back in full, sir.
Well pay him for his privateers,
And make old England ring, sir;
Well give John B. to understand
That cotton is not king, sir.
Then Wilmington and Charleston, too,
The rebels did vacate, sir,
Which stopped the boosted British
trade
And left them desOlate, sir;
Then Beauregard to Charlotte went,
The rebel papers say, sir,
Because he thought the Yankees
meant
To march along that way, sir.
Sherman played his part SO we'll
The rebels were sore vexed, sir,
They could not tell where he would
go,
Or where he would strike next, sir.
They often thought to head him off
And catch him in a snare, sir,
But every time they sprung their trap
They found he was not there sir.
The Yankee tanker fooled them all
In spite of all their cunning,
For first to this town, then to that,
He kept the Johnnies running.
They said at last that if Old Nick
Had Sherman fast in hell, sir,
He'd break Nicks center, flank him
out
And soon in heaven would dwell
sir.
The Richmond papers said that we
At last had reused their liOn,-
That soon he'd pounce upon us Yanks
And send us north a-fyin'.
At Fayetteville we met this beast
And heard his awful growl, sir,
But when we pricked him in the
tanks
He ran off with a howl, sir.
Full forty thousand Johnnie rebs,
Joe Johnston at their head, sir,
Did make a stand at Bentonville,
But-ran and left their dead, sir;
Surrender" cried the boys in blue,
mo, never!" was the answer,
We charged them then with bayone&
And smote them hip and thigh, sir.
At GOldSbOTo we camped a week,
For Sherman thought it best, sir,
To send north for that Christmas
feast,
And give his boys a rest, sir.
While there we heard Of Richmond's
fall,
I, And shouted ourselves hoarse, sir,
We'd waited for this news so long
We went half wild, of course, sir.
To Raleigh next we took our march,
Through mud up DER our shoes, sir.
Yet we were happy all the way,
For we had heard good news, sir;
| Though Lee had just got up and got,
He could not get away, sir;
Grant reached and caught him on the
fly
And put him out of play, sir.
When Johnston heard what Lee had
done
| He did the same himself, sir,
He gave his army up to US
And went home for his health, sir.
| The war was done-our fighting Ger
Then what should Sherman do, sir,
But march Us north to Washington
To Join the grand review, sir.
Brave Sherman! he was sent by God,
And it was Gods decree,
To lead mis- soldiers through the south
And set the bondmen free;
| To tear down the secession flag,
| The rebel stars and bars, sir,
And hoist the flag of liberty,
The glorious stars and stripes, sir.
| to her indignation in yet more drastic
| terms. Elizabeth's heart melted in