Stonewall Jackson's Ways
by
John Williamson Palmer (1825-1906) |
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COME, stack arms, men; pile on the rails;
Stir up the
camp-fire bright!
No growling if the canteen fails:
We
'll make a roaring night.
Here Shenandoah brawls along,
There burly Blue Ridge echoes strong,
To swell the
Brigade's rousing song,
Of Stonewall Jackson's Way.
We see him now�the queer slouched hat,
Cocked o'er
his eye askew;
The shrewd, dry smile; the speech so pat,
So calm, so blunt, so true.
The "Blue-light Elder" knows
'em well:
Says he, "That 's Banks; he 's fond of shell.
Lord save his soul! we 'll give him�;" Well,
That 's
Stonewall Jackson's Way.
Silence! Ground arms! kneel
all! Caps off!
Old Massa's going to pray.
Strangle the
fool that dares to scoff:
Attention!�it's his way.
Appealing from his native sod,
In forma pauperis to God,
"Lay bare Thine arm! Stretch forth Thy rod:
Amen!"�That
's Stonewall's Way.
He 's in the saddle now. Fall in!
Steady! the whole brigade.
Hill's at the ford, cut off;
we 'll win
His way out, ball and blade.
What matter if
our shoes are worn?
What matter if our feet are torn?
Quick step! we're with him before morn:
That 's Stonewall
Jackson's Way.
The sun's bright lances rout the mists
Of morning; and�By George!
Here 's Longstreet, struggling
in the lists,
Hemmed in an ugly gorge.
Pope and his
Dutchmen!�whipped before.
"Bay'nets and grape!" hear
Stonewall roar.
Charge, Stuart! Pay off Ashby's score,
In Stonewall Jackson's Way.
Ah, Maiden! wait and
watch and yearn
For news of Stonewall's band.
Ah,
Widow! read, with eyes that burn,
That ring upon thy
hand.
Ah, Wife! sew on, pray on, hope on!
Thy life
shall not be all forlorn.
The foe had better ne'er been
born,
That gets in Stonewall's Way. |
By John Williamson Palmer (1825-1906)
Listed February 13, 2013 |
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