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We live in hard and
stirring times,
Too sad for mirth,
too rough for rhymes;
For songs of peace
have lost their chimes,
And that's
what's the matter!
The men we held as
brothers true
Have turned into a
rebel crew;
So now we have to put
them thro',
And that's
what's the matter!
CHORUS:
That's what's the
matter,
The rebels have to
scatter;
We'll make them flee,
by land and sea,
And that's what's the
matter!
Oh! yes, we thought
our neighbors true,
Indulg'd them as
their mothers do;
They storm'd our
bright red, white and blue,
And that's
what's the matter!
We'll never give up
what we gain,
For now we know we
must maintain
Our laws and rights
with might and main;
And that's
what's the matter!
(CHORUS)
The rebels thought we
would divide,
And Democrats would
take their side;
They then would let
the Union slide,
And that's
what's the matter!
But, when the war had
once begun,
All party feeling
soon was gone;
We join'd as
brothers, ev'ry one!
And that's
what's the matter!
(CHORUS)
The Merrimac, with
heavy sway,
Had made our Fleet an
easy prey --
The Monitor got in
the way,
And that's
what's the matter!
So health to Captain
Ericsson,
I cannot tell all he
has done,
I'd never stop when
once begun,
And that's
what's the matter!
(CHORUS)
We've heard of
Gen'ral Beauregard,
And thought he'd
fight us long and hard;
But he has play'd out
his last card,
And that's
what's the matter!
So what's the use to
fret and pout,
We soon will hear the
people shout,
Secession dodge is
all played out!
And that's
what's the matter!
(CHORUS)
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