So guarded today—so unheeded before,”—

Joseph Bowers: (Alsb.)

“My name it is Joe Bowers; I’ve got a brother Ike,

I come from old Missouri; yes, all the way from Pike:”—

Joy, My Kentucky!: By Kentucky. (S. O. S.)

“Joy, my Kentucky, thy night turns to morning,

Eager thou risest at Liberty’s dawning;”—

Just Before the Battle, Mother: To “Phoby Stubbs,” A. D., 1864. (C. C.)

“Just before the battle, Mother—

I was drinking mountain dew”—