Good by hard work without any pay, I'se going up North where de white folks say, Dat white wheat bread and a dollar a day Am a coming, am a coming, Hail mighty day. CHORUS.-Den away, den away, I can't stay here no longer, etc. Get up old Sambo and blow de horn, Don't you see de dust raising ober de corn, Dat's Sherman's Bummers sure's I'm born A coming, a coming, CHORUS.-Den away, den away, I can't stay here no longer, etc. Oh! I'se got a wife and a nice little baby, Hail mighty day. CHORUS.-Den away, den away, I can't stay here no longer, etc. Oh! here's to General Grant, de brave and true, Hail mighty day. CHORUS.-Den away, den away, I can't stay here no longer, etc. SHERMAN'S MARCH TO THE SEA. Our camp-fires shown bright on the mountain That hung over mountain and tree, CHORUS.-Then sang we a song of our chieftain, And the stars of our banners shown brighter Then cheer upon cneer for bold Sherman That came from the lips of the men, More bright in their splendor would be, CHORUS.-Then sang we a song, etc. Then forward, boys! forward to battle! God bless those who fell on that day! Frowned down on the flag of the free; CHORUS.-Then sang we a song, etc. Still onward we pressed, till our banners The soil where the traitor flag falls; CHORUS.-Then sang we a song, etc. Oh proud was our army that morning, When Sherman said, "Boys, you are weary, When Sherman camped down by the seal CHORUS.-Then sang we a song, etc. MARCHING THROUGH GEORGIA. Bring the good old bugle boys! we'll sing another song. While we were marching through Georgia. CHORUS. "Hurrah! Hurrah! we bring the Jubilee! Hurrah! Hurrah! the flag that makes you free!" How the darkeys shouted when they heard the joyful sound! CHORUS.-Hurrah! Hurrah! we bring the Jubilee, etc. Yes, and there were Union men who wept with joyful tears, When they saw the honor'd flag they had not seen for years, Hardly could they be restrained from breaking forth in cheers While we were marching through Georgia. CHORUS.-Hurrah! Hurrah! we bring the Jubilee, etc. "Sherman's dashing Yankee Boys will never reach the coast! CHORUS.-Hurrah! Hurrah! we bring the Jubilee, etc. So we made a thoroughfare for freedom and her train, While we were marching through Georgia. CHORUS.-Hurrah! Hurrah! we bring the Jubilee, etc. LIFE MEMBERS. Captain J. Barber, Lieutenant John Crane, Major-General M. F. Force, Major P. M. Hitchcock, Major-General S. A. Hurlbut, Captain L. E. Mills, Brigadier-General J. S. McGinnis, Surgeon J. B. Potter, Captain F. W. Pelton, Brigadier-General L. F. Ross, Brigadier-General J. B. Sanborn, Major-General John E. Smith, Captain C. W. M. Stark, Colonel J. Condit Smith. |