Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1910-06-02
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| see the shades march thro' the glades-
for country, God and right
From caves and sill, DER vale and hill
the Stars and Stripes a-wave,
To fife and drum the legions come. the
loyal and the brave
see her there upon the stair-oh, mother
heart so true
With tear-dimmed eye. and sweet good
by. when Daddy donned the blue!
xyEs. Daddy donned the blue. my lads.
Y but hearts We're sad that day.
For little Jim-it was his whirn-had
gone to don the gray.
Dad called him Baby brother'-his were
but is years,
ALIAS. alack. go bring him back" they
said twiXt sighs and tears.
My heart It hears, down thro' the years.
the echoes signing there,
When mother-heart poured out its grief.
and hands wrung in despair.
But still we sang, till hill tops rang with
echoes thro' and thro',
"Hurrah. boys. for the Union for
Daddy's donned the blue!
<tTRAMP. tramp the boys are march
Ing we sing 1t with a vim:
The train is pulling out. my lads
sing 1t for the love of him!
Way down the track. the song came
back and echoes family play.
The Girl Left Behind Me-" till at last
they die away.
The regiments. the fields of tents, down
by PotOmac's shore:
The silent camp, the sentry's tramp, and
home. dear homes no more.
They're gone. they're gone. the battles
on, but young hearts never knew
The mothers part, the aching heart. when
Daddy donned the blue!
7 SEE today. thro mlsts of gray. my old
4 grandmother there
The lamp is dim, she thinks of him.
and then the poignant prayer.
30. God of Battles, keep them both. Thou
knowest which is right;
Thine arm their screen-oh, let them lean
upon thy love tonight
My boy in blue, oh. keep him true: my
boy in gray protect.
And If they meet. in battles heat. o Lord,
each aim defect"
The days have rolled into the year, and
years seem but a day.
Since Daddy donned the blue. my lads.
and Baby Jim the gray!
A NTIETAM sings her harvest song. her
n harvest song OF death.
The iron hail rings on the malta
bullet for "A BREATH"
Poor Baby Jim. the feet of him stand
shoeless on the line.
With courage there. born OF despair-lile
something half divine;
Face pOwdcr-stained, while bullets rained
defiant there he stood.
To load and fire at each command and
win or die for Hood.
All. Baby Jim. a mothers prayer must
needs go up for you,
II wrong or right-it IS her pllght-"God
bless the gray and blue"
THE boy in blue-whlle carnage grew
i with Hooker stood all day.
Until the stars looked down upon ten
thousand swept away.
The night was still. o'er vale and hill. An
uctam mourncd her dead:
No sound was heard. save COO OF bird.
and silent sentry's tread.
The boy in bluc-ah. we'll he knew, that
Jim was ever there:
But what Of him? Nights sable rim
closed round him in despair:
With heart Of steel. for Woe or wcal-he
sees the bayouets shine
with quick advance leap like n lance. he
skins the picket line!
VIZ HAT strange intent! Prcscntlment7
wv lie seeks among the dead:
lie feHls touch. a Clammy clutch
then SITS his brothers head
This message bear. To mother there"
said Jim. II am 10 blame.
But she'll forgive. II she shall llve-my
last breath is her name"
20. Jim, that / had died instead" cried
out the boy In blue
Tier heart bed when you ran away and
now twill break fnr you"
The gcu'ral passed. but held him fast:
said he-"A SPY I guess,
When ! am thro' with tn lira o. you.
thnre'u De one Yankee less"
lAIAY, general. this IS little Jim. nv
IN mothers baby Jim.
] promised hcr. ] swure H. SIR. that
Td be true 90 him.
Then when Iya covered him with earth.
uud suid my last g1od-hy,
Just tril her this twon't De- umiss-'for
Habg Jim I dir.'"
The general spoke. with husky throat.
and eEes little blurred.
"Nuu'd better take the uows Yourself
Wy HuE. you've kept your word
Here. tlks th.s pass. and clip tho grass.
IHre'z compliments 81 mine.
Tell Fighting Jar' he'u have "a need ~
yau when he strikes my fighting
lime"
CARVED on n board they read. who
l. pH@s "rI Baby Im thv brave"
While birds a-wing. their requiem sing.
above Dis hnnur.i graEs.
They're living stIIl ths hearts that thrill
t1 lsar che story old
When. phantom feet go down the street
and phantom warriors bold.
80 sound af iutu. their lips aru mute. but
shades - heroes nams
As ouse thsE came. with hearts nHams.
tu H4sia. MO and drum.
The years ~ ty. with laugh and Sigh. but
that dHY seems tn stay.
when Daddy duuued ths blue. my lads.
ana Baby Jim the gray
What Soldiers Liked,
80 matter how serious tho situation