Songs and Sonnets of the New Crusade (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Songs and Sonnets of the New Crusade But like a moth he burnt his wings in its delusive flame, And fell outside the breastworks, disfigured, sore and lame. Chorus - Oh! William, Oh! William. William, when the people come. There is a man, a statesman true, on whom we can rely, His record is a spotless one, we'll show it by and by, He is no politician, to serve mankind he'll try, We'll shout his name at Omaha the 4th of next July. Chorus - Oh! Zion, Oh! Zion, Zion, when the people come. Marching Through Georgia There's the very deuce to pay Among old party chiefs, Heresy has undermined The working folks beliefs, The plutocratic ship of State Is driving on the reefs, The People's party's broken out in Georgia. Chorus. - Hurrah! hurrah! we'll sound the jubilee, Hurrah! hurrah! the cause that makes us free, So we sing in ecstasy from Dalton to the sea, The People's party's broken out in Georgia. How the people shouted when Alliance members broke Chains around their consciences And from their necks the yoke, For the People's party in United phalanx spoke, The People's party's broken out in Georgia. Chorus - Many years have we been fooled, Like cattle meekly stood, Never got a blessed thing But always told we should Have our needs attended to About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.