Yankee boys, &c.
Down South I marched, rat-tat-a-plan,
With heart brim full of pluck, sir;
I held my head up like a man;
A righteous cause brings luck, sir.
Yankee boys, &c.
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From Poetry of the Civil War, selected by R. G. White. New York, 1866.
Cock-a-Doodle.