Away! away! let cowards stay! But honor impels the brave! There’s naught but death in a craven’s years, And there’s life in a hero’s grave. When the cause we serve is a righteous cause, And the flag we bear unstained, And our patriot steel, for the common weal, We lift, with hands unchained, There is never a power can bar our path, Nor force can bid us turn, Till we clasp our brands, with a victor’s hands, Or they lie on the funeral urn! Away! away! etc. 56 The Union Gunning Match. BY ROBERT M. HART. AIR--_Johnny Stole the Ham._ The Union boys are all out gunning, Are all out gunning, are all out gunning-- The Union boys are all out gunning-- Oh listen to the noise. _Chorus_--Around the monster Tree That sprung from Liberty, ’Twas nurtured by the Free And Union-loving boys. Some _game_ they caught and caged already, And caged already, and caged already-- Some game they caught and caged already, Way down in Lafayette. _Chorus_--There we can see the _birds_ Who traveled North in herds, Because of deeds and words That Samuel can’t forget. Our Sam’s awake, and both eyes open, And both eyes open, and both eyes open, Our Sam’s awake, and both eyes open, As umpire of the day. _Chorus_--With good and steady aim, And ardor none can tame. Our boys the match will gain-- The laurel bear away. The stakes are up, the ground all ready, The ground all ready, the ground all ready-- The stakes are up, the ground all ready, And now, boys, blaze away. _Chorus_--But hark the sudden news! Old Jeff. has got the blues, And trembling in his shoes-- Secesh has gone astray. 57 The Nation of the Free. BY MRS. METTA V. VICTOR. Oh, mother of a matchless race! Columbia, hear our cry; The children nursed in your embrace, For you will live and die. We glory in our fathers’ deeds, We love the soil they trod; Our heritage we will defend And keep, so help us God! CHORUS. Rise, rise! Oh Patriots, rise! Let waiting millions see! What courage thrills, what faith inspires The Nation of the Free! Hail, brothers in a common cause! True to your birthright stand! The Constitution and the Laws Must know no Vandal hand. Let foreign foes invidious gaze, To see our light expire; They’ll shrink in awe before the blaze Of Freedom’s deathless fire.