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HARK! O'ER THE SOUTHERN HILLS. 
 
 IIY A SOITH 
 
 Hark! o'er tlie Souihern bills, we liear 
 
 The cannons and tlie rifle^ sonml : 
 Ltt it be told in every ear, 
 
 Where l''reenian make their Viattic j^roundl 
 CiiOKis. — Hearl (> hear. t\\f liattle's call. 
 (liilJHnt Southrons hear it all! 
 Sons of freedom now awake. 
 And the chains of tyrant's hreak. 
 
 Fire hundred tlionsand men are they. 
 That Lincoln rais'd for his foray — 
 
 The South to conquer and to slay. 
 Vonr country calls — her call ohey. 
 Chorus. — Hear! hear the battle's call. 
 
 Oh! What are thousands, when the brave, 
 Defend their land and freedom dear: 
 
 When, God, your country calls to save. 
 He none so base as death to fear, 
 
 Chorls. — Hear! O hear, the battles call. 
 
 HraTC Southern youths, I call you all, 
 I call you for your country's fame. 
 
 Make for the serfs, your hearts, a wall. 
 Your children leave an honored uame. 
 Chorus. — Hear! hear, &c. 
 
 They talk of Union, and the fla<T, 
 
 Old, blessed guards of liberty; 
 And all that's good from both, they drag, 
 
 Debase them both with tyranny. 
 Chords. — Hear! hear, &c. 
 
 For freedom had the Union name; 
 
 'Twas in the Constitution found, 
 'Till Lincoln tore theiu both in twain, 
 
 And with the shreds his pris'neri bound. 
 Chorcs. — Hear! hear, &c. 
 
 We loved the casket for the gem. 
 Sweet liberty's the precious thing; 
 
 Oh! would you love the Union when 
 Far, far away, the gem they *liing? 
 Chorus. — Hear! hear, &c. 
 
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 But we'll preserve the sacn d thing. 
 
 With deathless chapicts be it downed. 
 
 What Northern's in the dirt would fling. 
 With laurel in the South be bound. 
 Chouus. — Hear! hear, &c. 
 
 In SouTHKUN U.N10N let us boast; 
 
 There Liberty be ever shown; 
 The revolution be our ton.'^t. 
 
 The principles of Washington. 
 Chorus. — Hear! O hear, &c. 
 
 0, Maryland, dread not, the hours 
 
 Shall come to make thee high as brave. 
 
 When Dixie humbles Northern powers, 
 And claims the soil those powers enslave. 
 Chorus. — Hear! hear, &c. 
 
 Crush'd freedom calls us to Ihe strife. 
 Like that in which our fathers bled; 
 
 For homes, for liberty and life. 
 
 When Southern chieftains formost led. 
 Chorus. — Hear! hear, &c. 
 
 Come rush to victory, on! on! 
 
 Press like the hosts of Washington, 
 And win the figiit as by him won, 
 
 *As it was gained in eighty-one. 
 Chorus. — Hear! hear, &c. 
 
 God bears the bann( r of the free; 
 
 His blessings on its folds he shed. 
 In Him our sacred trust shall be. 
 
 And in his uame, our banner spread. 
 Chorus. — Hear! O hear, the battle's cal.. 
 Gallant Southrons hear it alll 
 . Sons of freedom now awake, 
 And the chains of tyrant's break. 
 
 * The last great battle of tlie first revolution 
 was gained in 1781, at Yoiktown, which may be said to 
 have ended the revolutionary fight. 
 
 Norfolk, Jan. 24/A, 1862. H. 
 
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