Hurrah for Jeff. Davis

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Hurrah for Jeff. Davis (c. 1861)
3962057Hurrah for Jeff. Davisc. 1861

Hurrah for Jeff. Davis.
By a Lady Rebel—written after the battle of Bull Run.

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Air—“Hurrah for the Bonnets o’ Blue.”

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Hurrah for Jeff. Davis, Hurrah!
And hurrah for brave Beauregard, too;
Hurrah for the legion, the brave Southern men,
And down with the scared Yankee crew.

We’ve whipped them some five or six times—
They’ve thrown down their muskets and guns;
The teamsters ahead, the Bug-a-boos saw,
And away ran the brave mother’s sons!

Chorus—Hurrah for Jeff. Davis, &c.

Gen. Patterson’s the General for me,
He knows when to beat a retreat
And get out of all danger, for fear that himself
Or his horse, in the race, should be beat.

Chorus—Hurrah for Jeff. Davis, &c.

Never mind now about the knapsacks—
Pitch swords and canteens on the ground;
“Right about face,” and then “Double Quick” step
To Washington! on with a bound.

Hurrah for Jeff. Davis, Hurrah!
And hurrah for brave Beauregard, too;
Hurrah for the legion, the brave Southern men,
Three groans for the scared Yankee crew!

This work was published before January 1, 1929 and is anonymous or pseudonymous due to unknown authorship. It is in the public domain in the United States as well as countries and areas where the copyright terms of anonymous or pseudonymous works are 95 years or less since publication.

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