That the proud Ark of Freedom, with bold, trusty crew,
Still sails ’neath the banner of the Red, White and Blue.
Great God bless our land, for ’tis dyed in the gore
Of the good and the brave of a nation’s defenders;
Oh! may death’s fearful havoc molest us no more,
And Thy love fill the bosom as passion surrenders;
To show to the world that love is unfurled,
And hate from Columbia forever is hurled.
That the proud Ark, etc.
Oh God bless our land--may our eagle still fly,
And gaze on Columbia in proud adoration;
Let the sunlight of truth ever flash from his eye,
Urging freemen to duty in dark tribulation;
To show to the world that truth is unfurled,
Aught else from Columbia forever is hurled.
That the proud Ark, etc.
May the emblem we love, the Flag of the Free,
For all time to come be our shield and our protection,
Ever waving in glory on land and on sea,
Our shrine of devotion and fond recollection;
To show to the world our flag is unfurled,
And strife from Columbia forever is hurled.
That the proud Ark, etc.
75
The Union Harvesting.
AIR--_Old Oaken Bucket_.
Oh, fair is the orchard, with russet fruit laden,
And bright is the cornfield, all golden with grain,
And sweet is the garden, where matron and maiden,
Sit listening at eve to the whippowil’s strain;
But fairer, and brighter, and sweeter, and dearer,
Are the orchards of crimson, the fields of bright red,
And the flow’rets immortal that hallow the wearer,
Whose blood for his country is loyally shed,
In the orchards of Union, the cornfields of Union,
The gardens of Union, for Liberty shed.
Though the reaper be Death, and his garner the charnel,
And the wine-press o’erflow with our patriot blood--
Though the furrows run red with a vintage incarnal,
Who will shrink from the field? who will pause at the flood?
Who will measure the grain while ’tis standing or falling?
Who will count what is lost, till the day shall be won?
While the sun shines aloft, while the Master is calling,
In the field be our place, till the field-work is done!
In the orchards of Union, the cornfields of Union,
The gardens of Union, till victory is won.
Beadle’s Dime Song Books.
No. 1.
All’s for the best,
A good time coming,
A national song,
A thousand a year,
Annie Laurie,
Ans’er to thousand a year,
Ans’er to K. Kearney,
Belle Brandon,
Ben Bolt,
Blind boy’s lament,
Bob Ridley,
Bold private’r,
Do they miss me at home,
Don’t be angry,
Down the river,
Dying Californian,
E Pluribus Unum,
Evening star,
Faded flowers,
Gentle Annie,
Gentle Jennie Gray,
Glad to get home,
Hard times,
Have you seen my sister,
Heather dale,
Hills of New England,
Home again,
I am not angry,
I want to go home,
Juney at the gate,
Kate Kearney,
Kiss me quick and go,
Kitty Clyde,
Little Blacksmith,
Marseilles hymn,
Miller of the Dee,
My home in Kentu’k,
My own native land,
Nelly Gray,
Nelly was a lady,
Old dog Tray,
Old folks we loved.,
Our Mary Ann,
Over the mountain,
Poor old slave,
Red, white and blue,
Root, hog, or die--1, 2, 3 & 4.,
Row, row,
Shells of the ocean,
Song of the sexton,
Sword of Bunk’r hill,
Star spangled ban’er,
The age of progress,
The lake-side shore,
The old farm-house,
The old play-ground,
The rock of liberty,
The tempest,
Twenty years ago,
Twinkling stars,
Uncle Sam’s farm,
Unfurl the banner,
Wait for the wagon,
Willie, we’ve missed,
Willie, roam no more,
No. 2.
Alice Gray,
America,
Banks of Mohawk,
Be kind to each oth’r,
Billy Grimes, rover,
Bryan O’Lynn,
Come, sit thee down,
Cora Lee,
Crazy Jane,
Darling Nelly Moore,
Darling old stick,
Fireman’s victory,
Good news from home,
Good-night,
Grave of Lilly Dale,
Graves of household,
Home, sweet home,
I’ve no mother now,
I’m going home,
I’m leaving thee in sorrow,
I miss thee,
Irishman’s shanty,
I wandered by the brook,
Katy Darling,
Kathl’n Movourneen,
Little Katy,
Mary of wild moor,
Mabel Clare,
Mary Aileen,
Mill May,
Minnie Moore,
Minnie dear,
Mrs. Lofty and I,
Mr. Finagan,
My eye and B. Martin,
My love is a saileur,
My mother dear,
My grandma’s advice,
My mother’s bible,
Nancy Bell,
New England,
Oh! the sea, the sea,
Old folks are gone,
Old sideling hill,
Our boyhood days,
Our fatherland,
Peter Gray,
Rory O’Moore,
Scorn not thy broth’r,
Shouldn’t like to tell,
Somebody’s waiting,
The farmer sat,
The farmer’s boy,
The postboy’s song,
The quilting party,
Three bells,
’Tis home where the heart is,
Waiting for the May,
We stand united,
Where bright waves,
What other name,
What’s home without mother,
Winter,
Widow Machree,
Willie’s on the sea.
No. 3.
Annie, dear, good-by,
A sailor’s life for me,
Answer to Jeannette,
Bessie was a bride,
Bonnie Jean,
Boys of Kilkenny,
Comic Katy Darling,
Comic parody,
Darling Jennie Bell,
Darling Rosabel,
Death of An’e Laurie,
Emigrant’s farewell,
Ettie May,
Few days,
Fine old Eng. Gent.,
Fine old Irish Gent.,
Fine old Dutchman,
Fireman’s death,
Girl in a calico dress,
Give ’em string,
Girl I left behind me,
Golddigger’s lament,
Go it while young,
Hail Columbia,
Happy Hezekiah,
I choose to be a daisy,
Isle of beauty,
I’ve som’thing sweet,
I think of old Ireland,
Jeannette and Jeannot,
John Jones,
Jordan is a hard road,
Kitty Kimo,
Lather and shave,
Lager bier song,
Linda has departed,
Lilly Bell,
Love not,
Man the life-boat,
My dear old mother,
My heart’s in Ireland,
My poor dog Tray,
Old dog Tray, No. 2,
Old oaken bucket,
Old Rosin the beau,
Old whisky jug,
Other side of Jordan,
Over the left,
Parody--To the west,
Pirate’s serenade,
Pop goes the weasel,
Pretty Jane,
Rosa Lee,
Song of locomotive,
Sparking Sarah Ann,
The American boy,
The American girl,
The Fireman’s boy,
The Indian hunter,
Ten o’clock,
Tilda Horn,
To the west,
True blue,
Uncle Ned,
Unhappy Jeremiah,
Villikens and Dinah,
We miss thee home,
What’ll Grundy say,
Woodm’n, spare tree,
Yellow Texas rose.
No. 4.
A merry Gipsey girl,
A national song,
Ans’er to K. Darling,
Ben Fisher and wife,
Bonnie Jamie,
Broken-hearted Tom,
By the sad sea-waves,
Columbia rules sea,
Come, gang wi’ me,
Commence, darkies,
Cottage by the sea,
Daylight on the sea,
Don’t cry so, Norah,
Erin is my home,
Gal from the south,
Get out wilderness,
Harp of Tara’s hall,
He led her to altar,
Home, sweet home,
I am a freeman,
I’ll hang my harp,
I’m not myself at all,
Indian Hunter,
Indian warr.’s grave,
I’ve been roaming,
I wish he’d decide,
Jane Monroe,
Jolly Jack, rover,
Johnny’s for soldier,
Kate was a little girl,
Kitty Tyrel,
Let me kiss for his mother,
Linda’s gone to Balt.,
Maud Adair and I,
Molly Bawn,
My ain fireside,
My boyhood’s home,
Nora, of Kidare,
Kiss, but never tell,
Old uncle Edward,
Paddy on the canal,
Parody on Unc. Sam,
Poor old maids,
Preserve the mariner,
Ship ahoy,
Somebody’s courting,
Song of the farmer,
Song, Blanche Alpen,
Sparking Sunday n’t,
Sprig of shillelah,
Stand by the flag,
The engineer’s song,
The farmer’s boy,
The hazel dell,
The little low room,
The low-backed car,
The old brown cot,
The old kirk-yard,
Terry O’Reilly,
They don’t wish me home,
Tom Brown,
Uncle Gabriel,
Uncle Tim, the toper,
We were boys tog’er,
We’re growing old,
We’re fond of kissi’g,
Where are the hopes,
Wit’n mile of Edin’o,
Would I were a boy,
Would I were a girl,
Would I’re with thee.
No. 5.
A dollar or two,
A man’s a man,
A Yan. ship and crew,
Angels whisper,
Auld lang syne,
Bashful young man,
Call me pet names,
Camptown racers,
Charity,
Cheer, boys, cheer,
Comin’ thro’ the rye,
Days I was hard-up,
Dermot Astore,
Dilla Burn,
Down the burn, Davy,
Dumbarton’s dell,
Ever of thee,
Gently o’er me steals,
Gum-tree canoe,
Grave of uncle True,
Grave of Bonaparte,
Hark, I hear an angel,
I offer thee this hand,
Irish Emig. lament,
John Anderson,
Johnny a shoemaker,
Kind Relations,
Last w’k I took wife,
Lass’t loves a sailor,
Last rose of summer,
Lily of the west,
Mary of Argyle,
Meet me by moonli’t,
Minute gun at sea,
Napolitaine,
Norah McShane,
Nothing else to do,
Och, Paddy, is it ye,
Oft in the stilly n’ht,
Poor fishermans girl,
Rat-catcher’s daug’r,
Rose of Allandale,
Roll on, silver moon,
Sambo, I’ve missed,
Sammy Slap,
Simon, the cellarer,
Someth’g to love me,
Some love to drink,
Sourkrout and sau’s,
The gay cavalier,
The gambler’s wife,
The ingle side,
The ivy green,
The monks of old,
The musical wife,
The ocean burial,
The old arm-chair,
The watcher,
Tail iv me coat,
Thou art gone,
Thou hast wounded,
’Tis midnight hour,
Twilight dews,
Umbrella courtship,
Wake, Dinah, wake,
Washington,
We’ll have a dance,
We met by chance,
When I saw Nelly,
When the swallows,
Whoop de doodle do,
William of the ferry,
Will you love me.
No. 6.
Annie Lisle,
Beautiful world,
Be kind to the loved,
Bloom is on the rye,
Bobbin’ around,
Bonnie Dundee,
Cottage of mother,
Courting in Conn’t,
Dearest Mae,
Dear mother, I come,
Ella Ree,
Fairy Dell,
Far, far upon the sea,
Female auctioneer,
Gentle Hallie,
Gentle Nettie Moore,
Happy we to-night,
Hattie Lee,
He doeth all things,
Home without sister,
I can’t call her mot’r,
I’ll paddle my canoe,
I’m stand’g by grave,
Irish jaunting car,
Is it anybody’s bus’s,
Jane O’Mally,
Jenny Lane,
Joanna Snow,
Johnny Sands,
Lilly Dale,
Little more cider,
Lords of creation,
Lulu is our pride,
Marion Lee,
Meet me by the br’k,
Merry sleighride,
Minnie Clyde,
Mountaineer’s fare’l,
Not for gold,
Not married yet,
Oh, carry me home,
Old homestead,
Old mountain tree,
Ossian’s serenade,
Over the river,
Riding on a rail,
Sailor boy’s dream,
Say yes, pussy,
Silber shining moon,
Song my mot’r sang,
Spare the homestead,
Spirit-voice of Belle,
Squire Jone’s dau’r,
The blue Junietta,
The carrier-dove,
The child’s wish,
The maniac,
The May-queen,
The miller’s maid,
The modern belle,
The strawberry girl,
The snow-storm,
Three grains of corn,
Washington’s grave,
Where are friends,
Why chime the bells,
Why don’t the men,
Will nobody marry,
Young recruit.
No. 7.
A ride I was taking,
Anchor’s weighed,
Beautiful Venice,
Billy Patterson,
Breeze of the night,
Bright-eyed Nell,
Come, Willie dear,
Deal with me kindly,
Dixie’s Land, 1 & 2,
Dolcy Jones,
Don’t you remember,
Down in cane-brakes,
Fairy Belle,
Farewell, cottage,
Glendy burk,
Ho, Gondolier, wake,
How shall I watch,
Hush-a-by, baby,
I love my nat. land,
I’m a jolly bachelor,
It is recorded,
Julianna Johnson,
Lilly Ray,
Little Daisy,
Little Ella,
Maggie by my side,
Maggie, pride of vale,
Mary May,
Mary’s welcome,
Massa in cold gro’nd,
Massa sound sleep’g,
My brodder Gum,
My canoe’s on Ohio,
My old house,
My mountain home,
Nelly Bly,
Newfoundland dog,
No, thank you, sir,
Old ironsides,
Old K. Y. Ky,
Our Union, r’t or w’g,
Over the summer sea,
Paddy Boghree,
Queen Mary’s escape,
Revolutionary times,
Ring de banjo,
Roy Neill,
She’s black,
Some folks,
Star of my home,
Take me home to die,
The evening gun,
The happy Switzer,
The home I leave,
The messenger bird,
The old stage-coach,
The pilot,
The reefer’s song,
The ship on fire,
The sleighing glee,
Under the willow,
Virginia Belle,
Way down in Cairo,
We’re coming, sister,
Who’ll have me,
Willie, my brave.
No. 8.
A life on the ocean,
Annie of the vale,
A wet sheet,
Bonnie Eloise,
Brightly o’er lake,
By the lone riverside,
Campbells are com’g,
Come by sil’ry brook,
Come, maiden,
Down by the river,
Ella Leene,
Ellen Bayne,
Farewell, Lilly dear,
Farewell, mother,
Girls aren’t so green,
Going home to Dixie,
Good-by, Linda love,
Happy be thy dreams,
Hard times,
Home and friends,
Home I leave behind,
I’d be a Gipsey,
I’d rather be a violet,
If I had one to love,
I had a dream,
I’m o’er young,
I’m queen of village,
I’m thinking of thee,
I see her in dreams,
Jeanie with the,
Jennie’s coming o’er,
Katie’s secret,
Kinlock of Kinlock,
Kitty dear,
Kitty Wells,
Light of other days,
List to the mocking,
Little Jennie Dow,
Lizzie dies to-night,
Lone starry hours,
Long weary day,
Lost Rosabel,
Mary Avourneen,
Meeting of waters,
Near the banks of,
Old black Joe,
Old folks at home,
Riding in a ra’d keer,
Rock me to sleep,
Row, row, brothers,
Row your boat,
Scenes brightest,
She wept her life,
Sighing for thee,
Silvery midn’t moon,
Some one to love,
Take me to Tennes’e,
Tapping at window,
The brave old oak,
The dream is past,
The sea, the sea,
The wild rose,
The Zingarina,
’Tis but a faded flo’er,
Vive L’America,
We’ll meet in heaven,
Western trap’rs song,
What are wild waves,
What fair’like music,
Why have my loved,
Whistle and I come.
No. 9.
A maiden’s prayer,
Basketmaker’s child,
Banks and braes,
Be quiet, do,
Bowld sojer boy,
Boys, carry me ’long,
Bonnie new moon,
Bright moonlit sea,
Call me not unkind,
Canadian boat-song,
Castles in the air,
Come wh’re moonb’s,
Come to de gum-tree,
Come where my love,
Cruiskeen Lawn,
Do they think of me,
Do you remember,
Down at de barbecue,
Eulalie,
Ever be happy,
Flow gently, Afton,
Female smuggler,
Gentle Bessie Gray,
Grave of Kitty Clyde,
Hannah at the win’w,
Harp of wild wind,
Hark, the vesper-h’n,
Household clock,
I breathe my nat. air,
I dream of mother,
I’ll be no submissive,
I’m not so ugly man,
Jamie’s on the sea,
Jockey hat,
Joys we’ve tasted,
Johnny’s so bashful,
Jennie’s blue e’e,
Juanita,
Kind words,
Kissing through bars,
Kiss me good-night,
Landlord’s pet,
List to the convent,
Mary Blane,
Mine own,
Mother, I’m thinki’g,
My mountain home,
My old Ky. home,
Nancy Till,
Negro Boatman song,
Nettie is no more,
No one to love,
Not a star from flag,
Old schoolhouse,
Once more on sea,
Our laddie’s dead,
Rouse, brothers,
Shall we know each,
Sigh in the heart,
Silence and Tears,
Silver moonl’t winds,
Sleeping I dreamed,
Star of the twilight,
Teddy O’Neale,
That’s what’s matter,
The blarney,
The captain,
The miller’s song,
Three fishers,
’Way down in Maine,
Widow Malone,
Woman’s resolution.
No. 10.
Alabama Joe,
All round my hat,
Answer of Ben Bolt,
Away down east,
Away goes Cuffee,
Battle-cry of Free’m,
Beggar girl,
Billie Boy,
Bingen on Rhine,
Bonnie blue flag,
Bring my bro’r back,
Buy a broom,
Call me not back,
Come back, massa,
Come, oh come,
Dear mother, I’ve,
Fannie Grey,
Gaffer Grey,
Gentle Annie Ray,
High Daddie,
How are you, con’s,
I dreamed my boy,
I know a pair of,
I know my mother,
I love the merry,
I’ll tell nobody,
I’m coming home,
I muse on the,
In chamois’ track,
Jennie June,
Jessie, the flower of,
Katie Bell,
Keep this Bible,
Kiss me, darling,
Lanigan’s ball,
Larry’s good-by,
Long, long ago,
Love me little,
Make me no gaudy,
Mister Hill, pray be,
Miseries of sneez’g,
Mother would com’t,
Murmuring sea,
My Emma Louise,
Nigger, put down,
Oh, I’ll wear a un’m,
Oh, sing to me,
Rally round the flag,
Rocked in the cradle,
Roses lie along the,
Stars and stripes,
Stop dat knockin’,
Sunny hours of ch’d,
Switzer’s song of,
Tell mother I die,
Things that never,
Weeping, sad and,
Werry pekooliar,
We will not retreat,
Wouldn’t you like,
When this cruel war,
Who’ll care for mo’r,
Why do I weep for,
Will he never come.
No. 11.
A curious circumst’e,
Bill and I,
Boy with the auburn,
Carrie Lee,
Darling Nora’s mine,
Dear mother, call,
Evangeline,
Every household has,
Fairy dreams,
Gay and happy,
God bless you,
Grafted into the,
Grandmother told,
How are you, tele’h,
I loved that dear old,
I remember the hour,
I wish he’d tell me,
Jennie Lorn,
Katy Avourneen,
Kind friends are,
King Cotton,
Little Major,
Love’s perfect cure,
Mother, dearest, I,
Mother kissed me in,
My country so dear,
My little valley home,
My love is on the,
No Irish need apply,
Oh, give us a navy,
Old John Jones,
Old Jessy,
On the field of battle,
On the shores of,
Our country and flag,
Shall we meet again,
The bachelor’s lam’t,
The day mother died,
The nation shall not,
The regular cure,
The song of the,
The rhinoceros,
The rock beside the,
The Virginia rose’d,
They pray for us at,
’Tis midnight on the,
Tom Thumb’s wed’g,
Trust to luck,
Was my brother in,
Willow cot,
Would I were with,
You say I know not.
No. 12.
Ah, he kissed me,
A little farm well,
All’s well,
A vesper song,
Babylon is fallen,
Beautiful Rose,
Bread and cheese,
Brother’s fainting,
Cousin Jedediah,
Daisy Deane,
Dream on, Lillie,
Ella Clay,
Footsteps on the,
He’s gone to the,
I’m going to fight,
Isabel, lost Isabel,
I sailed in the good,
Jack on the green,
Jenny Brown and I,
Johnny is my darl’g,
Johnny Schmoker,
Just before the,
Katy’s letter,
Maid of Llanwellyn,
Merry, little, gray,
Nellie lost and found,
Oh, are ye sleeping,
Oh, bless me, mo’r,
Ole Dan Tucker,
Our Captain’s last,
Our sweethearts,
Robin Adair,
Singular dreams,
Sleeping for the flag,
Song of a thousand,
The bell-ringer,
The blue jay’s me’y,
The coat of other.
Why these works (Beadle’s Dime Books) are popular, is a problem, quite
as much for the moralist and the student of National character as for
the critic. It is a satisfaction that, being so, they are, without
exception, so far as we can judge, unexceptionably moral. * * They do
not, even obscurely, pander to vice, or excite the passions.--NORTH
AMERICAN REVIEW FOR JULY, 1864.