Category: History - American
_The war songs of the South are a part of the history of the Lost Cause. They are necessary to the impartial historian in forming a correct estimate of the animus of the Southern people._
CHORUS.--They have gone from us forever, Aye, for evermore! We must win the crown immortal, Follow where they led before, Where the oriflamme is burning, On the starlit Eden shore.
12. Part 12Ho, gallants, brim the beaker bowl, And click the festal glasses, oh! The grape shall shed its sapphire soul, To eulogize the lasses, oh! And when ye pledge the lip and curl Of...
9. Part 9A sun has been lost from that bright constellation, Whose splendor illumines the sky; It sank as we gazed in lov'd admiration; Its leaves were the glory and pride of the nation,...
8. Part 8Magruder march'd down through Galveston town, And placed his men on the shore, Oh! And the fight then began when he fired the first gun, And the fleet replied with a roar, Oh! C...
13. Part 13'Tis dead of night, nor voice, nor sound, breaks on the stillness of the air, The waning moon goes coldly down on frozen fields and forests bare: The solemn stars are glittering...
14. Part 14And early the next morning, we were called to arms again, Unmindful of the wounded and unmindful of the slain, The struggle was renewed, and ten thousand men were killed; This w...
6. Part 6Old Grant is starving us out, Our grub is fast wasting away, Pemb don't know what he's about, And he hasn't for many a day. So we'll bury "Old Logan" to-night, From tough beef w...
5. Part 5CHORUS.--But our flag at the "head of the Passes," Is borne by men brave and true; We will teach them to fear our "Manassas;"[2] Three cheers for _our_ Red, White, and Blue.
11. Part 11Brave Beauregard, God bless him! Led legions in his stead, While Johnson seized the colors, And waved them o'er his head. So rising generations, With pleasure we will tell, How...
7. Part 7His face was sharp as a butcher's cleaber, But dat did not seem to grieb 'er, Look away, etc. Ole Missus acted de foolish part, An' died for a man dat broke her heart, Look away...
4. Part 4To arms! Oh! men in all our Southern clime, Do you not scent the battle from afar, And hear the ringing clash of armor chime, Where men have met all panoplied for war? To arms!...
3. Part 3Make every house, and rock, and tree, And hill, your forts; and fen and flood Yield not! our soil shall rather be One waste of flame, one sea of blood! On! though perennial be t...
2. Part 2The shades of night were falling fast, Tra-la-la, tra-la-la, The bugler blows that well-known blast Tra-la-la, tra-la-la, No matter should it rain or snow, That bugler he is bou...
10. Part 10See ye the fires and flashes still leaping? See ye the tempest and jettings of storm? See ye the banners of proud Texan heroes, In front of her column, move steadily on? Hear ye...
1. Part 1_The war songs of the South are a part of the history of the Lost Cause. They are necessary to the impartial historian in forming a correct estimate of the animus of the Souther...
16. Part 16"The meal issued to the army was very coarse, and there were no sieves, and the beef, as a general thing, was hardly fit to feed to a dog. Some herds of Texas steers were corral...