Grierson's Raid

Mount to horse mount to horse;     Forward, Battalion!     Gallop the gallant force;     Down with Rebellion!     Over hill, creek and plain     Clatter the fearless     Dash away splash away     Led by the Peerless.     Carbines crack foemen fly     Hither and thither;     Under the death-fire     They falter and wither.     Burn the bridge tear the track     Down with Rebellion!     Cut the wires cut the wires!     Forward, Battalion!     Day and night night and day,     Gallop the fearless     Swimming the rivers' floods     Led by the Peerless;     Depots and powder-trains     Blazing and thundering     Masters and dusky slaves     Gazing and wondering.     Eight hundred miles they ride     Dauntless Battalion     Down through the Southern Land     Mad with Rebellion.     Into our lines they dash     Brave Cavaliers     Greeting our flag with     A thunder of cheers.