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Oh, I think they'd better go over to Mexico, For I think there'll be a change in their affairs. Maximilian go to France,

While they let him have a chance,

For they think he is putting on too many airs.

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GENTLE MOTHER CALLS US HOME Composed and sung by H. S. THOMPSON.

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I remember when in boyhood,

Far away in sunny years,

When earth's little beams of pleasure
Were not blinded by its tears;

When from her sight we were straying vi
Thoughtlessly awhile to roam,

From our childish, wilful wand'rings,
Gentle mother call'd us home

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Chorus.-Yes, we hear her sweet voice calling,
Calling her loved ones home,
Like sweet musice'er
ever falling

On our ear where'er we roam..

After years brought joy and sorrow,

To our humble village cot,f

Taking from our little circle

Those who ne'er will be forgot,

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Though we left our loved home often,
Through life's scenes awhile to roam,

Yet, when sadness gathered o'er us, y mir
Gentle mother call'd us home.

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A sweet voice, like an angel's music,

Gentle mother calls us home. fr Bollew W

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THE DARK GIRL DRESSED IN BLUE.

From a neat little country village,

To this city here I came,
To take a peep around the town,
All places of great fame!
But what I suffered since I came,

I now will tell to you,

How I lost my heart and senses too,

Through a dark girl dress'd in blue.

Chorus. She was a fine girl, fol de riddle ido, A charmer, fol de riddle eh!

'Twas on a Friday morning,
The first day of August;
When of that day I ever think,
My heart feels ready to bust.
I jump'd into a horse road car,
Not knowing what to do;

On a seat by the right-hand side of the door
Sat a dark girl dressed in blue..

When we arrived on Tremont road,

The lady look'd so strange,

The conductor he said "Your fare, ma'am?"

Said she, "I have no change;

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I've nothing less than a five-dollar note:

What ever shall I do?"

Said I, "Allow me to pay?" "Oh, thank you, sir,” Said the dark girl dressed in blue!

We chatted and talked as we onward walked,

About one thing or the other;

She asked me too, oh wasn't it kind,

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If I had a father or mother!

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Oh, yes," says I, "and a grandmother too;
But, pray, Miss, what are you?"

"Oh, I'm chief engineer in a milliner's shop!"
Says the dark girl dressed in blue.

We walked about for an hour or two,
Through the building near and far,

Till we came to the grand refreshment room;
I went straight up to the bar.

She slipped in my hand a five-dollar note;

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I said, "What are you going to do ?"

Oh, don't think it strange; I must have change!"
Said the dark girl dress'd in blue!

I called a waiter and handed him the note,
And said, "Please, change me that?"?
The waiter bow'd and touched his hair,
For this waiter wore no hat.

In silver and gold five dollars he brought;
I gave him coppers a few,

And the change of the note I then did hand
To the dark girl dress'd in blue !

She thanked me and said I must away;
Farewell till we meet again,

For I've to go to the depot,

To catch the Eastern train;
She quickly glided from my sight,
And soon was lost to view;

I turned to leave, when by my side.
Stood a tall man dressed in blue,
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This tall man said, "Excuse me, sir,
I'm one of the X division;

That note was bad-my duty is

To take you on suspicion;"

Said I, for a lady I obtained the change:

He said, are you telling me true!MT

Where's she live? what's her name? Says I,

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I don't know, she was a dark girl dress'd in blue.

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My story they believed, they thought I'd been deceived, But they said I must hand back the cash;

I thought 'twas a sin as I gave them the tin,

And away went five dollars smash. LA So, all young men, take my advice: var bn A

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When you make the acquaintance of ladies strange,
Especially a "dark girl dress'd in blue."

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Linger not, darling, awake from thy sleep,
Sweetly the star of love shines o'er the deep,
Fairy-winged zephyrs have gone to their rest,
Kissing good-night to the birds in their nest:
Wake from thy radiant dreams of delight,
Fairest of gems on the brow of the night.
Chorus.-Linger not, darling, Eve something to tell
Under the leaves in the shadowy dell, A
Under the leaves in the shadowy dell. T

Linger not, darling, the glimmering sea
Sings of thy beauty in low melody;

Roses and lilies are smiling in dreams,

Softly is heard the light step of the streams, o'
Why art thou slumbering? everything fair
Revels to-night on the silvery air.

Chorus.-Linger not, darling, I've something to tell
Under the leaves of the shadowy dell,:?

Under the leaves of the shadowy dell.

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By JOHN C. CROSS, and sung by CHESTER H. SMITH.

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In the marble halls I sit, I Liow e

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Thinking, Johnny dear, of you, ny podt I
And the gin-mill on the hill, so far aways bað

And my eyes they fill with tears,quoy leo?
Spite of all that I can do, tad vir

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Tho' I try to cheer the bummers to be gayo msdW
Rum! rum! rum! the boys are coming;i

Cheer up bummers, have no fear,

And, before another night,

We'll all get jolly tight,.

At the Carlton, drinking Schnapps and Lager

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Chorus: Rum! rum! &c.

Before the Judge we stood,

When his fiercest charge he made, And he sent us up, a dozen BUMS or more; But, before we reached the place, We saw how the game was played,

And we heard the cry of: Mush! o'er and o'er. ^ Chorus: Rum! rum! &c. !>

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So, upon the Island, now

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We are breaking stones, all day :

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And I've hit my shins, a dozen times or more.
And my heart is turning gray,

And my eyes are almost broke,

As we think of seeing home, and BUMS once more!
Chorus: Rum! rum! &c.

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MAXIMILIAN'S LAMENT.

Oh! I vants to go home, was the doleful cry,
That came mournfully o'er

To the ears of Emperor of
From his Austrian protege.

French,

Oh! I vants to go home, vare de sauer-kraut And de lager-bier flows like de streams : leber vurst, mit pretzels and bier, de themes of my midnight dreams!

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Chorus: Oh! I vants to go home, and I will go home;
For, dat big chap, dat lives next to me,
Has vipped all his foes, and I very vell knows
Dat next he will pitch into me.

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I don't like dese Greasers, and didn't want to come,
But you made me de promise, so fine,

Dat you gif me de sogers, de gelt, and all dat,
And de Empire so grand be mine;

But mine friend, Jeff, is vipped, he runs here, if he
And, den, Unkel Sam comes, I fear.

Oh! let me come back to de dear vaterland,
It is so very unhealthy here!

Chorus.

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