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REBEL RHYMES: POETICAL ABUSE

Scanned from Frank Leslie'S Illustrated Newspaper, 1862
REBEL RHYMES: POETICAL ABUSE
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SUPPLEMENT TO F REBEL RHYMES Unver the head of Poetical the Rockingham Register published at Harrisonburg Virginia publishes the following rhythmical piece of abuse of the universal Yankee nation Call All Call Ally Whoop the Doodles haye broken loose Roaring round like the very deuce Lice of Egypt a hungry pack. After em boys and drive em back Bulldog terrier cur and lice Back to the beggardly land of ice Worry em bite em scratch and tear Everybody and everywhere. Old Kentuekys cayed from under Tenn is split asunder Alab L awaits attack. And Georgia bristles at her back.

Old John Brown is dead and gone. Still his spirit is marct ng on Lanternjawed and legs my boys Long as an Apes from Illinois Want aweapon Gather a brick Club or cudgel or stone or stick Anything with a blade or butt Anything that can cleave or cut ry or hard or keen r nying machine ung with a willing mind. And the steady arm of aman behind Want a weapon. Why capture one Every Doodle has got aeun Belt and bayonet bright and new AKill a Doodle and capture two Shoulder to shoulder son and sire All call all.

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