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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 8. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 91 (search)
47. the Stolen Stars. At a dinner, at which were present Major-General Lewis Wallace, Thomas Buchanan Read, and James E. Murdock, a conversation sprang up respecting ballads for soldiers. The General maintained that hardly one had been written suited for the camp. It was agreed that each of them should write one. The following is that of General Wallace: When good old Father Washington Was just about to die, He called our Uncle Samuel Unto his bedside nigh: “This flag I give you, SamGeneral Wallace: When good old Father Washington Was just about to die, He called our Uncle Samuel Unto his bedside nigh: “This flag I give you, Sammy dear,” Said Washington, said he; “Where'er it floats, on land or wave, My children shall be free.” And fine old Uncle Samuel He took the flag from him, And spread it on a long pine pole, And prayed and sung a hymn-- A pious man was Uncle Sam Back fifty years and more; The flag should fly till judgment-day, So, by the Lord, he swore! And well he kept that solemn oath; He kept it well, and more: The thirteen stars first on the flag Soon grew to thirty-four; And every star bespoke a State