Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WAIT FOR THE WAGON, by ANONYMOUS First Line: A hundred thousand northmen Last Line: "if red-tape so wills it, / wait till judgment-day" Subject(s): American Civil War;u.s. - History | ||||||||
A HUNDRED thousand Northmen, In glittering war array, Shout, "Onward now to Richmond! We'll brook no more delay; Why give the traitors time and means To fortify the way With stolen guns, in ambuscades? Oh! answer us, we pray." Chorus of Chieftains -- You must wait for the wagons, The real army wagons, The fat contract wagons, Bought in the red-tape way. Now, if for army wagons, Not for compromise you wait, Just ask them of the farmers Of any Union state; And if you need ten thousand, Sound, sound, though second-hand, You'll find upon the instant A supply for your demand. Chorus -- No! wait for the wagons, The new army wagons, The fat contract wagons, Till the fifteenth of July. No swindling fat contractors Shall block the people's way, Nor rebel compromisers -- 'T is treason's reckoning day. Then shout again our war-cry, To Richmond onward move! We now can crush the traitors, And that we mean to prove! Chorus -- No! wait for the wagons, The fat contract wagons; If red-tape so wills it, Wait till the Judgment-day. | 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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