There is an old gent and his name it is Abe, He is a rail-splitter, for so it is said, But for the whole Union he ever was true, And thought it a farce to _split it in two_. CHORUS. Rub-be-dub, rub-be-dub, rub-be-dub, dub, Oh march to the tap of the rub-be-dub, dub, Old Abe he is raising a “Great Union _Club_,” To give the Seceshers a very hard rub. When Abe was elected ’twas late in the Fall, As President, over Seceshers and all, And by all the rails in the Union did swear-- Jacksonian like--to act on the square. Seceshers were trying to frighten old Abe, By blowing and stealing--their favorite trade-- But when they had made a considerable noise, Old Abe gave a yell for some of “The Boys.” The yell it was heard, and it had its effect, To play “Help your neighbor,” “The Boys” did collect; Secesh “couldn’t see it”--he found he was matched, Had counted his chickens before they were hatched. To fence in the Union, without any _bars_, Old Abe is at work by the light of the _Stars_; It soon will be finished, and when he is through, He’ll paint it all over with Red, White and Blue. 13 Hurrah for the Land we Love. AIR--_A Life on the Ocean Wave._ Hurrah for the land we love! Hurrah for the laws we keep! Our Banner we’ve nailed above, And our Faith is anchored deep! Let the trembling knave betray, Let the paltry changeling fly; There will come an answering day, For our Cause can never die. CHORUS. Then, hurrah for the land we love, And hurrah for the laws we keep! Our Banner is nailed above, And our Faith is anchored deep! A lesson the traitors teach, And a lesson the cowards give, ’Tis easy the Right to preach, But ’tis harder the Right to live! We laugh at the weak-kneed crew Who shiver on Faction’s shore; But with Brothers yet firm and true, We’ll meet Disunion’s roar. Then hurrah, etc. 14 The Flag of the Free. AIR--_O saw ye the Lass with the bonny blue E’en?_ Oh saw ye the Flag with the Thirty-four Stars? ’Tis red with the glories of Liberty’s wars; ’Tis bright as the sunbeam, and blue as the sky, ’Tis the loveliest banner that waveth on high. The home of that Flag is each patriot’s heart-- From Freedom and Union it never can part; For wherever it floateth, on land or on sea, Every nation proclaims it the Flag of the Free!