43 Begone, Sesesh! AIR--_Begone, Dull Care._ Begone, Sesesh! I bid thee begone from me! Begone, Sesesh! you’d better make haste and flee! Long time you have been bullying here, And fain would Union kill; But, we all now swear, You never shall have your will! Old Sesesh! I’ve known you in days gone by, Old Sesesh! you wanted to _nul-li-fy_! Long time ago you badgered us, And tried, the land to rule, But we flogged you well with a _Hickory_ rod, In brave old Jackson’s school! Begone, Sesesh! in South Carolina rest! Begone, Sesesh! the snake is your proper crest! We’ve found out all your snakish ways, And drawn your serpent teeth, And wherever the foot of Freedom falls, Your head shall lie beneath! 44 The Patriot’s Serenade. BY ROBERT M. HART. AIR--_Glory, Glory, Hallelujah._ Look ye to our banner floating-- Freemen ever fondly doating-- Hirelings now so sadly gloating At Treason’s fearful sting. CHORUS. Glory, glory, be our anthem, Glory, glory, be our anthem, Praises to our Starry Banner, As patriots, let us sing. Hark! o’er hill and hamlet bounding, Shouts of freemen now resounding, All our enemies confounding-- Our eagle’s on the wing. _Chorus._--Glory, glory, etc. Spirits of the great departed! Cheer the sad and broken-hearted-- Lead to victory those who started To fight Rebellion’s king. _Chorus._--Glory, glory, etc. 45 Rule, Columbia. AIR--_Rule, Britannia._ When tyrants fled our rescued land, And Freedom bless’d her sacred shrine, Each patriot raised to heaven his hand, And swore to guard her rights divine. Rule, Columbia! The Union still must sway! Freemen rule America! Our land is Freedom’s chosen home, To all the world ’tis opened wide; To these fair shores let nations come, And all our bounteous soil divide. Rule, Columbia! The Union still must sway! Freemen rule America! The Union is our children’s dower, ’Tis priceless as the air we breathe; While rebel arms defy its power, Our patriot swords we’ll never sheathe! Rule, Columbia! The Union still must sway! Freemen rule America! 46 The Brave and Free. AIR--_The Pilot._