The Lament: By a Missourian. (W. L.)
“Where is the flag that once floated so proudly?
Where the bright arms that once rang out so loudly?”—
Land of King Cotton: Air, “Red, White and Blue:” by J. Augustine Signaigo. This was the favorite song of the Tennessee troops, but especially of the 13th and 154th Regiments. (W. G. S. from the Memphis Appeal, Dec. 18, 1861.)
“Oh! Dixie the land of King Cotton,
The home of the brave and the free,”—
The Land of Texas: Air, “Dixie:” by M. B. Smith, Company C., 2nd Regiment Texas Volunteers. (Alsb.)
“Texas is the land for me;
On a winter morning the wind blows free;”—
Land of the South! Air, “Happy Land.” (R. B. B. 53.)