That’s
what’s the matter
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1. We live in hard and stirring times,
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too sad for mirth, too rough
for rhymes,
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For songs of peace have lost
their chimes,
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and that's what's
the matter!
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The men we held as brothers
true,
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have turned into a rebel crew,
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So now we have to put them
thro',
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and that's what's
the matter!
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That's what's the matter, the rebels have to
scatter
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We'll make them flee, by land and sea,
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And that's what's the matter!
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2. Oh! yes, we thought our neighbors true,
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indulg'd
them as their mothers do,
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they storm'd
our bright Red, White and Blue,
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and
that's what's the matter !
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We'll never give up what we
gain,
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for now we know we must
maintain
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our Laws and Rights with might
and main,
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and that's what's
the matter!
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A
That's what's the matter, the rebels have to
scatter
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We'll make them flee, by land and sea,
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And that's what's the matter!
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3. The rebels thought we would divide,
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and Democrats would take their
side,
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they then would let the Union
slide,
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and that's what's the matter
!
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But, when the war had once
begun,
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all party feeling soon was
gone,
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we join'd
as brothers, ev'ry one!
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And that's what's
the matter!
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That's what's the matter, the rebels have to
scatter
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We'll make them flee, by land and sea,
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And that's what's the matter!
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4. The Merrimac, with heavy sway,
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had made our fleet an easy
prey,
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the Monitor got in the way,
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and that's what's the matter !
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So health to Captain Ericsson,
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I cannot tell all he has done,
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I'd never stop when once
begun,
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D
and that's what's the matter!
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A
That's what's the matter, the rebels have to
scatter
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We'll make them flee, by land and sea,
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And that's what's the matter!
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5. We've heard of Gen'ral Beauregard,
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and thought he'd fight us long
and hard,
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but he has play'd
out his last card,
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and that's what's the matter !
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So what's the use to fret and pout,
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we soon will hear the people
shout,
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Secession dodge is all play'd out !
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and
that's what's the matter !
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A
That's what's the matter, the rebels have to
scatter
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We'll make them flee, by land and sea,
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And that's what's the matter!
(Stephen C. Foster)