Now God avenges the life he gladly gave. Glory, glory hallelujah! Glory, glory hallelujah! Glory, glory hallelujah! Freedom reigns to-day! John Brown sowed and his harvesters are we; John Brown's body lies mouldering in the grave! John Brown lives-we are gaining on our foesRight shall be victor whatever may oppose― Fresh, through the darkness, the wind of morning blows Freedom reigns to-day! John Brown's soul through the world is marching on; Hail to the hour when oppression shall be gone! John Brown dwells where the battle-strife is o'er; John Brown's body lies mouldering in the grave; John Brown lives in the triumphs of the brave; John Brown's soul not a higher joy can craveFreedom reigns to-day! Glory, glory hallelujah! Glory, glory hallelujah! Glory, glory hallelujah! Freedom reigns to-day! A THANKSGIVING RAILROAD BALLAD FOR 1863. BY E. PLURIBUS UNUM, ESQ. T was a sturdy engineer, IT The Union train had he, But slippery tracks and heavy grades, In eighteen sixty-three. He wiped the sweat from off his brow: "These drivin' wheels will do, A better ingine never ran, She's bound to put us through. "Ho! Fireman, Fireman Chase, I mean, We've used a powerful sight of wood, "Oh!" out then spoke that fireman bold, "We've wood and water still; Old Legal Tender holds enough "Ho! Seward, ho!-conductor yet, In spite of all the row 66 That Frenchman and that Englishman, How fare these worthies now?" Quite enough, these blustering coves, A great big Russian up and blazed "His friend John Bull did not 'pitch in,' He drew it very mild, And sat him in the corner down, Submissive as a child." "Two stations back, conductor say, It felt to me as though you had "Confound that rascal Copperhead, The old wheel-tapper goes his round, Tink, tink, tink, tink! the tested wheel, "I thought as how some wheels were cracked, But nary one I find, All right, save that old Jersey one, "Ha! here's a telegram from Grant, The bell now rings, the whistle blows, Which, like the beacon on the main, The grand old iron train Has swept clean out of sight. |