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”—