When the Yankees in a close place get them, ha! ha!”—

Song of the First Virginia Cavalry: (Amaranth from the Southern Illustrated News.)

“Mount! Mount! and away!

Stay not to entwine”—

Song of the Freedmen: By A. R. Watson, Atlanta, Georgia. (E. V. M.)

“A freedman sat on a pile of bricks,

As the rain was pattering down”—

Song of the Privateer: By Quien Sabe? Baltimore, October 10, 1861. (R. B. B.)

“Away o’er the boundless sea

With steady hearts and free”—