The Life and Adventures, Songs, Services, and Speeches of Private Miles O'Reilly [pseud.] (47th Regiment, New York Volunteers.) |
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... look calmly at the facts , that , in Major Wright's absence ( he has gone down the posts along the Florida coast on a tour of inspection ) I will venture to occupy your time a few moments on the subject . With In ordinary warfare the ...
... look calmly at the facts , that , in Major Wright's absence ( he has gone down the posts along the Florida coast on a tour of inspection ) I will venture to occupy your time a few moments on the subject . With In ordinary warfare the ...
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... Look solemn through his silvery hair ! Vague or forgot the navy seems To Gideon slumbrous in the dark , Stroking his beard in happy dreams , Or studying plans from Noah's ark . Vainly we labor hard and long To paint the errors of the ...
... Look solemn through his silvery hair ! Vague or forgot the navy seems To Gideon slumbrous in the dark , Stroking his beard in happy dreams , Or studying plans from Noah's ark . Vainly we labor hard and long To paint the errors of the ...
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... look with leniency on the luckless rhymer of Morris Island . The petition reads as follows , but to appreciate its true pathos and humor one should hear O'Reilly sing it himself . His recitative of the parts in parenthesis has never ...
... look with leniency on the luckless rhymer of Morris Island . The petition reads as follows , but to appreciate its true pathos and humor one should hear O'Reilly sing it himself . His recitative of the parts in parenthesis has never ...
Page 45
... look kindly on me case ; An ' to the man wid Methusaleh's beard An ' the pathriarchal face ( I mane ould Uncle Gideon Welles ) , Just ax him to show me grace , For which I will , as in duty bound , If he gets me out of this place- Do ...
... look kindly on me case ; An ' to the man wid Methusaleh's beard An ' the pathriarchal face ( I mane ould Uncle Gideon Welles ) , Just ax him to show me grace , For which I will , as in duty bound , If he gets me out of this place- Do ...
Page 46
... " and that the prisoner having a monomania for writ- ing verses , should not be held responsible before a military tribunal . This plea , however , is not accept- ed ; and , as things look now , the 46 THE ADVENTURES OF.
... " and that the prisoner having a monomania for writ- ing verses , should not be held responsible before a military tribunal . This plea , however , is not accept- ed ; and , as things look now , the 46 THE ADVENTURES OF.
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Page 70 - To the flag we are pledged, all its foes we abhor, And we ain't for the nigger, but we are for the war.
Page 55 - I'll divide wid him, An' divil a word I'll say. In battle's wild commotion I shouldn't at all object If Sambo's body should stop a ball That was comin...
Page 56 - I'll resign, and let Sambo take it, On every day in the year! On every day in the year, boys, And wid none of your nasty pride, All my right in a Southern bagnet prod Wid Sambo I'll divide. The men who object to Sambo Should take his place and fight; And it's better to have a naygur's hue Than a liver that's wake an
Page 55 - And that the thrade of bein' kilt Belongs but to the white : But as for me, upon my sowl ! So liberal are we here, I'll let Sambo be murthered instead of myself, On every day in the year. On every day in the year, boys, And in every hour of the day • The right to be kilt I'll divide wid him, And divil a word I'll say.
Page 61 - An* whin you lie wid the top of aich toe Turned up to the roots of a daisy, May this be your epitaph, nately writ — • " Though thraitors abused him vilely, He was honest an...
Page 156 - And the other eye was out, my dear; And the calves of his wicked-looking legs Were more than two feet about, my dear.
Page 155 - O'Reilly is a brawny, large-boned, rather good-looking young Milesian, with curly reddish hair, grey eyes, one of which has a blemish upon it, high cheek bones, a cocked nose, square lower jaws, and the usual strong type of Irish forehead — the perceptive bumps, immediately above the eyes, being extremely prominent.
Page 235 - And order them, in language full, At once to send me down a bull : — If possible, a youthful beast, With warm affections yet unplaced, Who to my widowed cows may prove A husband of undying love.