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HOW TO CLOSE THIS CRUEL WAR

By Mrs. Geo. P. Hardwick. Air: Happy Land of Canaan. Sold at T.J. Conry's cheap picture frame and news depot, 19 Seneca Street, Buffalo, N.Y.

How to close this cruel war, You can find no better law, But support the Constitution and the Union; And when the men you find, Who keep up this war for gain, Just drive them from this Happy Land of Canaan. Chorus: Then, ho, ho, ho! ha, ha, ha! It's time this cruel war was over; Gen. Meade says he's ready, To drive the Rebels crazy, With his boys in the Grand Potomac Army. Now, the friends who stay at home, Must alter much their tone, And vote to sustain the Constitution, Or this noble Ship of State, With all her precious freight, Will be foundered in the bottom of the Ocean. Now, stop politic strife, And protect your Country's life, Show the world some better legislation, If you think they never can, Why, send some better men, With wisdom for the Councils of the Nation. On many a battle plain, Our sons are lying slain, Where their lives were spent for the Nation, If you love your homes as well, You can toll the dying knoll, To Secession in our once Happy Union. They have left their homes so dear, Their Country's Flag to clear, From foul Treason to our once Happy Nation, Now, support these noble men, And stop this war for gain, Or be ruin'd with Politic Speculation! In the absence of the boys, Should Old Fogies make a noise, About their Peaceful Intervention, Why, the Women of the land, Should take their brooms in hand, And sweep them outside this Happy Union, Now, hoist the Stripes and Stars, To put down this cruel war, Let's support the Constitution and the Union, If a traitor shows his hand, In our Great and Glorious Land, Why, send him from this Happy Land of Canaan.

Published by H. DeMarsan, No. 54 Chatham Street, N.Y. Battle vignettes, etc. around the borders. Excellent.