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RUN YANK OR DIE. 
 
 Tune— Root Hoe or Die ! 
 
 Now if you w.jll listen while I relate. 
 About the cause of freedbm 1 come here to 
 
 calculate; 
 Old Abe he tried to eosiave us and soon it 
 
 was the cry. 
 Oh! Liberty forSoutho.'n boys : run Yank 
 
 or die ! 
 
 Chorus— Hurrah for slavery, th<-! Southor- 
 • ners are the Boys, ^ 
 
 For singing and fighting and stopping Yan- 
 kee no ise ; 
 The whole Confederacy is getting up the 
 
 <-■•■}'• • * 
 
 IIo ! Big Yank, Little Vaiik! Kun Yank or 
 die? 
 
 Tlio finest lookinof mortal that ever I did sec 
 He tied John Urowu. to a wliiie oak nec ; 
 To see liim tie the rope you ought to stood 
 
 'Twtts done with South Carolina cm ton, run 
 Yank or die. Choru-;. 
 
 Tliere's fild Andy Johnson of F-nstTeniicsei; 
 
 lie's gone and joined Lincolu to set the nig- 
 gers free ; 
 
 "But when he undertakes it, he's sure for to 
 sigh — 
 
 He'll back frorii the Southern lioys — Run 
 
 Yank, or die ! Chorus. 
 
 • 
 
 The Little Nortbern Yankees are getting 
 
 very sick, 
 Tliey don't like our medicine, hetause ills 
 
 so liiick ; 
 And when they go to take'it itssure to hurt 
 
 their eye, 
 Tli6y don't like Southera pills I Run Ynnlc 
 ! or die.' Chorus. 
 
 AVe are gong out to Richmond to get all 
 
 the news, 
 ■\V'e are coming bnck by Washing f on to get 
 
 Old Lincoln's shoes ; 
 Anid as we w.ijji the streets the Yankees; 
 
 tboy .will shy — 
 They \vill"shout it is Souiliern boys — Run 
 
 Yank, of die Ctiorus. 
 
 Old General Scott is a miguiy great sinner. 
 He never co nes to fight bat he's sure to bring 
 his dinner ; • *. 
 'When he saw the boys acoming, it was 
 ti-^6 foi" iiiin to fly, 
 Foe Jeff Davis was ^fter' him-r- Run Yank 
 or dif. ^ . '- Chorus 
 
 The little Northern Y:; 'vj^ ■. ui; ly.tling very 
 
 They brought down thcir.dinneranJ sat it 
 
 ■ on our land ; _ . ,. ' — 
 They had all kinds" of dpiceJ-mixed up in :i 
 
 • pie — 
 
 But- ibo SoniliCrn chaps cat it up-^Kuii 
 Y'atik ftr die. " ... ; . Cliorus. 
 
 TherD were Northern ladies — -nu doub'lthcy 
 
 looked iino, 
 Standings ronn 1 the tab'.Vi v,;i!i demijohns 
 
 of \\\:i'\ 
 But wiiph they saw us lomiiTg iheymado 
 . their hoops flv, • 
 Twas no pjacc for women .folk.3. run Yank 
 
 or di«. ' Chorus. 
 
 Old Abe's head is now a ,"/•(!. ini; ^-ray, 
 He asks Gen. Davis for r. ■.:(■! y cbys stay: 
 He iiad to liavo n OTf .... ;-d 'ime to i; / 
 
 Uut Jefi'T. ■'' ' ■'■■■■: ■ ■ '7»: Yaai^ 
 
 ■ 01 die. 
 
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