“Only a list of the wounded and dead.”
ByW. A. Haynes.
Air—“Star Spangled Banner.”
Charleston Mercury.
Respectfully inscribed to the companies mentioned.
Air—“March, march, Ettrick and Toviotdale.”
Tune—“A Wet Sheet and a Flowing Sea.”
Air—“Bruce’s Address.”
Written for and dedicated to the Kirk’s Ferry Rangers, by their Captain,E. Lloyd Wailes. Sung by the Glee Club on 4th July, 1861, at the Kirk’s Ferry Barbecue (Catahoula, La.), after the presentation of a flag, by the ladies, to the Kirk’s Ferry Rangers.
ByMiss Mollie E. Moore.
Gen. Robert E. Lee.
By “L. M.,” inLouisville Courier.
ByJames Haines, of Texas.
Jackson’s Cadet Button.
By “P. E. C.,” inRichmond Examiner.
Tune—“Barclay and Perkins’ Drayman.”
These lines were written Jan. 8, 1861, for a friend, who expected to sing them in the theatre, but thought at the time to be too much in the secession spirit.
ByA. B. Cunningham, of Louisiana.
Air—“Maid of Monterey.”
“The hero-boy lay dying.”
ByCol. W. S. Hawkins, C. S. A., Camp Chase, Ohio.
Air—“John Anderson, my Jo.”
In December, 1861, eighty-seven British ships-of-war were lying in the waters of the West Indies. This fact gave rise to the following imitation of an old song.
ByGen. Basil Duke, of Kentucky.
Air—A combination of the “Marseillaise” and the “Old Granite State.”
Air—“Johnny, fill up the bowl.”
[The music of this song can be procured of the Oliver Ditson Co., Boston, Mass., owners of the copyright.]
ByA. F. Leonard.
Air—“Friend of My Soul.”
By “Personne,” Correspondent of theCharleston Courier.