222. In Eighteen Hundred and Sixty-One

In Eighteen Hundred and Sixty-One
Botkin, in APPS 210, prints two texts of this from Oklahoma
and cites: Ames JAFL xxiv 314-15 (Missouri); Randolph JAFL
XL 218-19 (Ozarks, Missouri) ; and "For this Civil War parody
of 'Three Crows,' Davis TBV i45-"

From Bertha Pendergraph, of Durham (later, Mrs. J. S. Bowman, of
Graham, N. C.) ; manuscript undated, but probably written in 1918,
when she was a student at Trinity College.

1 In eighteen hundred and sixty-one, hurrah, hurrah.
In eighteen hundred and sixty-one, hurray says I ;
In eighteen hundred and sixty-one

The cruel war had just begun.
We'll all drink stone blind ;
Johny come fill up the bowl.

2 In eighteen hundred and sixty-two, hurrah, hurrah,
In eighteen hundred and sixty-two, hurrah says I ;
In eighteen hundred and sixty two

The Yankees thought they would put us through.
We'll all drink stone blind ;
Johny come fill up the bowl.

3 In eighteen hundred and sixty-three, hurrah, hurrah,
In eighteen hundred and sixty-three, hurray says I ;
In eighteen hundred and sixty-three

The negroes thought they'd be set free.
We'll all drink stone blind ;
Johny come fill up the bowl.

4 In eighteen hundred and sixty-four, hurrah, hurrah,
In eighteen hundred and sixty-four, hurrah says I ;

 

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In eighteen hundred and sixty-four
We'll all go home to fight no more.
We'll all drink stone blind ;
Johny come fill up the bowl.

5 In eighteen hundred and sixty-five, hurrah, hurrah,
In eighteen hundred and sixty-five, hurrah says I ;
In eighteen hundred and sixty-five

The soldiers at home with their wives.
We'll all drink stone blind ;
Johny come fill up the bowl.

6 In eighteen hundred and sixty-six, hurrah, hurrah.
In eighteen hundred and sixty-six, hurrah says I ;
In eighteen hundred and sixty-six

The Yankees and Rebs are all in a mix.
We'll all drink stone blind;
Johny come fill up the bowl.