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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE REBEL SOLDIER, by ANONYMOUS First Line: "one morning, one morning, one morning in may" Last Line: I am a rebel soldier and far from my home Subject(s): American Civil War;u.s. - History | |||
One morning, one morning, one morning in May, I heard a poor soldier lamenting and say, I heard a poor soldier lamenting and mourn: I am a rebel soldier and far from my home. It's grape-shot and musket and the cannons lumber loud. There's a many a mangled body, a blanket for their shroud, There's a many a mangled body left on the field alone. I am a rebel soldier and far from my home. I'll eat when I'm hungry and drink when I am dry. If the Yankees don't kill me I'll live until I die, If the Yankees don't kill me and cause me to mourn. I am a rebel soldier and far from my home. I'll build me a castle on some green mountain high, Where the wild geese can see me as they do pass me by, Where the wild geese can see me and hear my sad mourn: I am a rebel soldier and far from my home. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...OLD OSAWATOMIE by CARL SANDBURG THE BONNIE BLUE FLAG by HARRY MACARTHY LEE'S PAROLE by MARION MANVILLE THE SURRENDER OF NEW ORLEANS by MARION MANVILLE THE LITTLE ODYSSEY OF JASON QUINT, OF SCIENCE, DOCTOR by THOMAS MCGRATH A CANTICLE: SIGNIFICANT OF NATIONAL EXALTATION CLOSE OF WAR by HERMAN MELVILLE A GRAVE NEAR PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA by HERMAN MELVILLE TIS A LITTLE JOURNEY by ANONYMOUS |
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