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"GREENBACKS." |
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Then let us ever, living, dying,
Be where the Stars and Stripes are flying;
Cheer away! &c. The good old flag we '11 never alter, And he who would, deserves a halter ;
Cheer away ! &c. Although from home we sever,
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" GREENBACKS."
pi KEEN be thy back upon thee ! Thou pledge of happier days, When bloody-handed Treason
No more its hand shall raise ; But still, from Maine to Texas,
The Stars and Stripes shall wave, O'er the hearts and homes of freemen,
Nor mock one fettered slave.
Pledge — of the people's credit,
To carry on the war, By furnishing the sinews
In a currency at par — With cash enough left over,
When they 've cancelled every note, |
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