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 THE RETREAT 
 
 OF THE 
 
 Sixty Thousand 
 
 LINCOLN Tin. 
 
 T'was a clear and a beautiful day, 
 And the sun was in the sky, 
 And glistened with many a brilliant ray, 
 On the host as it hurried by. 
 
 T'was McDowell who had the command, 
 Who'd been ordered Manassas to take, 
 He'd Sixty Thousand for his band, 
 Lest the Rebels he'd underrate. 
 
 The grand army came up to Bull's Run, 
 They thought the Southerns had fled, 
 The) believed by the next day's Sun, 
 To Richmond they'd be led 
 
 But suddenly on their front and dank, 
 The masked batteries opened their fire, 
 They moved down rank after rank, 
 And thousands fell in the mire. 
 
 Nine hours they fought in vain, 
 For the Southerners did not flinch, 
 And many .1 man in death was lain. 
 For the Rebela contended to the very inch. 
 
 But a sudden panic sei/.M their rear, 
 Which t'ia said the teamsters began. 
 Soon the whole arm) wa,-i driven by fear, 
 That to Washington quickly they ni: 
 
 I'hey threw away their gun. 
 
 That might encumbei their flight, 
 
 1 hey never erased to run, 
 
 Till they'd reached Arlington Heiirht. 
 

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