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HISTORY OF PIKE COUNTY f J's for union; together we stand, Loving ; tender, a brave loyal band. Drive out the Devil ; Honor our God. He'll sustain us, tho we pass 'neath the sod. "M's for numbers who've wandered away: From the Shepherd's fold they've gone astray. Let's seek these lost sheep of the fold. Angels rejoice o'er the penitent soul. •y's touch not ; taste not, the unclean thing. T'will bite like the serpent; like the adder will sting. Be sober and clean and pure in our lives. Nor bring grief and shame to children and wives. Y stands for youth, the boys of our land. Hope of our country: a loyal band. Ye boys be brave in the world's great strife. Lofty your aims and pure your life. V
