Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1908-08-11
Reunion Songs.


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Reunion Songs.
Following are some of the songs that
will be sung at the big Confederate re-
union near Charles Town next Friday:
THE BONNIE BLUE FLAG.
2 are band Of brothers.
And native to the soil.
Fighting for our Liberty.
| With treasure, blood and toll;
And when our rights were threaten'd,
| The cry rose near and far.
Hurrah for the Bonnie Blue Flag.
That bears the Single Star.
CHORUS.
Hurrahi Hurrah! for Southern rights hurrah
Hurrah for the Bonnie Blue Flag
That bears Single Star.
As long as the Union was faithful to her
trust,
Like friends and like brethren. kind
were we and just;
But now when Northern treachery attempts
| our rights to mar,
We hoist on high the Bonnie Blue Flag
That bears Single Star.
First, gallant South Carolina nobly made
the stand;
Then came Alabama. who took her by the
hand;
Next, quickly Mississippi, Georgia and
Florida.
All rais'd on high the Bonnie Blue Flag
That bears Single Star.
And here's to brave Virginia the Old
Dominion State
Who with the young Confederacy at length
has linked her fate;
Impell'd by her example, now other States
prepare
To hoist on high the Bonnie Blue Flag
that bears Single Star.
Then here's to our Confederacy, strong we
are and brave,
Like patriots of DID, we'll fight our heritage
to save;
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we would prefer,
So cheer for the Bonnie Blue Flag
That bears Single Star.
CARRY ME BACK TO OLD vIRGINNY
Garry me back to old yirginny.
There's where the cotton and the corn
and tatoes grow,
There's where the birds MARBLE sweet in the
springtime,
There's where the old darkey's heart
am long'd to go,
There's where / labored so hard for old
massa,
Day after day in the fields of yellow corn,
No place on earth do / love more sincerely,
Than old Virginny, the place where was
CHORUS.
Carry me back to old Virginny.
There's where the cotton aud the corn and
tatoes grow,
There's where the birds MARBLE in the SPRING
time.
There's where this old darkey' Is heart am
long'd to go.
Carry me back to old virginny,
There let me live till wither and decay,
Long by the old Dismal Swamp have wan
dered,
There's where this old darkey's life will
pass away
Nassa and missis have long gone before me,
Soon we will meet on that bright and COL
den shore,
There Wen be happy and free from all sor-
row.
There's where we'll meet and we'll never
part no more.
THE VETERANS CROSS OF HONOR
Tune--The Old Oaken Bucket.
How dear to the heart of each greyheaded
Are the thoughts of the days when all
wore the grey,
While memory recalls every trial and danger,
And scenes of the past live in battle array.
Though long since discarded our arms and
equipments,
There's one thing a Veteran most surely
viii note;
The first thing he sees on the form of CON-
rade
Is the little bronze cross that he wears on
his coat.
Chorus.
The little bronze cross, the q. d. G. cross,
The bronze Cross of Honor he wears on
his coat.
O dear to the heart Of each batile-worn vet
eran
Is the bronze Cross of Honor be wears on
his coat.
MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME.
The sun shines bright in the old Kentucky
home.
lis summer, the darkies are gay,
The corn tops ripe and the meadows In the
bloom,
While the birds make music all the day.
The young folks roll on the little cabin floor,
All merry, all happy and bright
By 'nby hard Times comes knocking at the
door.
Then my old Kentucky Home, good night.
Chorus.
Weep no more, my lady.
Oh. weep no more todayl
We viii sing one song for the old Kentucky
Home,
| For the old Kentucky Home far away
They hunt no more for the possum and the
coon
| On the meadow. the hill and the shore.
They sing no more by the glimmer Of tie
moon,
| On the bench BY the old cabin door.
The day goes by like q shadow Ger the heart.
| With sorrow where all was de light;