Abraham's Daughter
Oh! Kind folks listen to my song,
It is no idle story,
It's all about a volunteer,
Who's goin to fight for glory;
Now don't you think that I am right,
For I am nothin shorter
And I be long to the Fire Zou-Zous
And don't you think I ought er
We're goin' down to Washington
To fight for Abraham's daughter
2.
Oh! Should you ask me who she am
Columbia is her name, sir,
She is the child of Abraham,
Or Uncle Sam the same, sir.
Now if I fight, why ain't I right,
And don't you think I ought er.
The volunteers are pouring in
From every loyal quarter.
And I'm goin' long to Washington
To fight for Abraham's daughter.
3.
They saw we have no officers,
But ah! They are mistaken,
And soon you'll see the rebels run
With all the fuss they're makin'
For there is one who just spring up,
He'll show the foe no quarter.
(McClellan is the man I mean)
You know he hadn't ought er,
For he's gone down to Washington
To fight for Abraham's daughter.
4.
We'll have a spree with Johnny Bull,
Perhaps, some day or other,
And won't he have his funders full
If not a deal of bother,
For Yankee boys are just the lads
Upon the land or water.
And won't we have a “bully” fight
And don't you think we ought er,
If he is caught at any time
Insulting Abraham's daughter.
5.
But let us lay all jokes aside,
It is a sorry question,
The man who would these States divide
Should hang for his suggestion
Our Country with one Flag, I say,
Who e'er the war may slaughter.
So I'm goin' as a Fire Zou-a
And don't you think I ought er
I'm going down to Washington
To fight for Abraham's daughter.
It is no idle story,
It's all about a volunteer,
Who's goin to fight for glory;
Now don't you think that I am right,
For I am nothin shorter
And I be long to the Fire Zou-Zous
And don't you think I ought er
We're goin' down to Washington
To fight for Abraham's daughter
2.
Oh! Should you ask me who she am
Columbia is her name, sir,
She is the child of Abraham,
Or Uncle Sam the same, sir.
Now if I fight, why ain't I right,
And don't you think I ought er.
The volunteers are pouring in
From every loyal quarter.
And I'm goin' long to Washington
To fight for Abraham's daughter.
3.
They saw we have no officers,
But ah! They are mistaken,
And soon you'll see the rebels run
With all the fuss they're makin'
For there is one who just spring up,
He'll show the foe no quarter.
(McClellan is the man I mean)
You know he hadn't ought er,
For he's gone down to Washington
To fight for Abraham's daughter.
4.
We'll have a spree with Johnny Bull,
Perhaps, some day or other,
And won't he have his funders full
If not a deal of bother,
For Yankee boys are just the lads
Upon the land or water.
And won't we have a “bully” fight
And don't you think we ought er,
If he is caught at any time
Insulting Abraham's daughter.
5.
But let us lay all jokes aside,
It is a sorry question,
The man who would these States divide
Should hang for his suggestion
Our Country with one Flag, I say,
Who e'er the war may slaughter.
So I'm goin' as a Fire Zou-a
And don't you think I ought er
I'm going down to Washington
To fight for Abraham's daughter.
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