Digital Tradition Mirror

Mary Had a Little Lamb

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Mary Had a Little Lamb

Mary had a little lamb,
'Twas always on the go.
     Shouting the battle-cry of freedom.
So she staked it on a grassy slope
Along the Shenando',
     Shouting the battle-cry of freedom.

cho: Hurrah for Mary! Hurrah for the lamb!
     Hurrah for the sojers, who didn't care a damn,
     For we'll rally round the flag, boys,
     We'll rally once again,
     Shouting the battle-cry of freedom.

And frequently she turned it loose
Upon the bank to play,
     Shouting the battle-cry of freedom.
The sojers eyed it from the shore
In a kleptomaniac way,
     Shouting the battle-cry of freedom.

"What makes the men love mutton so?"
The colonel he did cry,
     Shouting the battle-cry of freedom.
'Cause mutton makes the whiskers grow,"
The sojers did reply,
     Shouting the battle-cry of freedom.

lt swam across the Shenando',
Our pickets saw it too,
     Shouting the battle-cry of freedom.
And speedily it simmered down
Into a mutton stew,
     Shouting the battle-cry of freedom.

And Mary never more did see
Her darling little lamb,
     Shouting the battle-cry of freedom.
For the boys in blue they chawed it up,
And didn't give a damn,
     Shouting the battle-cry of freedom.

RG

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