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WAIT FOR THE WAGON
by Unknown

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."
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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—
'Tis 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.

Source: Project Gutenberg

Source: Project Gutenberg