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A COMPROMISE.
1
C. S. A., would like a truce!Ha! Ha! a compromise!
Fighting aint of any use!
Ha! Ha! a compromise!
Never mind who's wrong or right,
Mudsills can't be made to fight,
And, besides, it costs a sight!
Ha! Ha! a compromise!
2
Neutral Bull says, “my advice,”Ha! Ha! the neutral Bull!
“Is to patch it all up nice,”
Ha! Ha! the neutral Bull!
“Let your wayward sisters go,
I'm your friend that tells ye so,
Love ye just as fire loves tow!”
Ha! Ha! the neutral Bull!
3
Guess we'd better fix it so,Ha! Ha! a compromise!
Gulp our shame and let'em go,
Ha! Ha! a compromise.
Let's own up that we're afraid,
That for ruling they were made,
We to lick their boots and trade!
Ha! Ha! a compromise!
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4
Shame on hopes of patching peace,Ha! Ha! a compromise!
With such bloody knaves as these!
Ha! Ha! etc.
Traitors have no right to hope
Any peace beneath heaven's cope,
Till they dangle from a rope!
Ha! Ha! etc.
5
Give us back the tears we've shed,Ha! Ha! etc.
Our gallant boys, untimely dead!
Ha! Ha! etc.
Give us back the pangs you've cost,
Give us back our grandeur lost,
Futures by your treason crossed!
Ha! Ha! etc.
6
Give'em empire? give'em bricks!Ha! Ha! etc.
To the tune of Seventy-six!
Ha! Ha! etc.
Give'em shot and give'em shell,
Drive your bayonets homeward well,
That's the compromise with hell!
Ha! Ha! etc.
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