Sung by J. L. CARNCROSS, of Carncross and Dix■y's Minstrels.

DON'T STRIKE A MAN WHEN HE'S DOWN. Composed by W. P. CUNNINGTON,

Entered according to Act of Congress, A. D. 1865, by J. MARSH, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Sung by J. H. PALMER, of CARNCROSS and DIXEY's Minstrels.

Oh! don't strike a man when he's down

No! don't strike a man when he's down;

But lend him a hand, and help him to stand-
Oh! give him a chance-be kindly your glance,
Oh! don't cast him off with a frown.

For which of us know in the race
here below,
How soon a hard blow may lay us as low;

Oh! don't strike a man when he's down.

Chorus.-Oh! don't strike a man when he's down;
No! don't strike a man when he's down;

But lend him a hand, and help him to standOh donation than when he's down.

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Oh! don't strike a man when he's down J
No! don't strike a man when he's down;

Don't stop to deride, to scold or to chide;
But leap to his side, his failing heart guide;
Oh! don't let a sinking man drown;

For who here can tell how soon the rude swell
Of the tide may destroy all his wealth and his joy,
And he find himself sinking right down.

Chorus.-Oh! don't strike, &c.

Oh! don't strike a man when he's down;
No! don't strike a man when he's down;

Far better be kind, and try hard to find
Some chord that will bind him yet to his kind;
Raise hopes that have been so cast down;

A smile in your eye will match his deep sigh;
The grasp of your hand his heart will expand,
And lift a man up when he's down.

Chorus.-Oh! don't strike, &c.

Oh! don't strike a man when he's down;
No! don't strike a man when he's down;
No matter his fault, don't tarry nor halt,
Nor send him adrift, but give him a lift ;
His blessing your efforts will crown; -

Tho' not of our set," nor "respectable" yet,
We must not forget we all are in debt,
So, help a man up when he's down.

Chorus.-Oh! don't strike, &c.

Oh! don't strike a man when he's down;
No! don't strike a man when he's down; I
Tho' sorrow's away from you for to-day,
To-morrow it may be thrown in your way,
So don't strike a man when he's down;

Let toadies pass by with sneers in their eye,
Let bigness be sham'd but the Groundies be hanged,
I won't strike a man when he's down.

Chorus.-Oh! don't strike, &c.

SHERMAN'S BONNY BOYS IN BLUE.
Song and Chorus by H. ANGELO.

Entered according to Act of Congress, A D. 1865, by JOHN MARSH, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Hail, glorious chief! the country's pride,
For victory follows thee;

Thy fame is spreading far and wide,
Great chieftain of the free!

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On Shiloh's bloody battle-field,
He met old Beauregard,

Who found that Sherman would not yield,
And took it very hard;

He'd water horse in Tennessee,

That's what he said he'd do;

But found brave Sherman in the way,

With Bonny Boys in Blue."

Brave General Sherman, O! &c.

And when the Rebs on Vicksburg's Heights,
Were all corralled by Grant,

Joe Johnston thought he'd give us fits,
But Sherman said, "You can't."
Joe Johnston found there were some things
That he could never do;

He has to run when Sherman brings

His Bonny Boys in Blue.

Brave General Sherman, 0! &c,

On Mission Ridge we met the foe,
With Thomas and with Grant,
And on that glorious field, you know,
Our banners they did plant.

Old Bragg and all his army fled-
What else could Braxton do

When Grant and Sherman nobly led
The Bonny Boys of Blue?

Brave General Sherman, O! &6.

Atlanta next was Sherman's aim,
Though Dalton blocked the way;
But flanking was the kind of game
That Sherman knew would pay.
Joe Johnston found that to retreat
Was all the way to do;,

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For it was dangerous to meet

The Bonny Boys in Blue.

Brave General Sherman, O! &c.

From Dalton down to Kennesaw

Joe Johnston did retreat;

From there he found he must withdraw,
Or meet a sore defeat.

And when within Atlanta's walls,
Says Hood, "Ill show you, Joe, i
That Sherman soon before me falls,
And all his Boys in Blue."

Brave General Sherman, O! &c.

Says Hood, "I'll try the flanking game ;
But he didn't make it pay,

For Thomas brought old Hood to shame,
While Sherman went his way..

Down through Georgia Sherman went,
Cut Rebeldom in two,

And in Savannah pitched his tent,

With all his Boys in Blue.

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Brave General Sherman, O! &c.

For General Sherman, then, we'll shout,
For Charleston next did fall;

The Boys in Blue did clean them out,
Old Beauregard and all.

This base Rebellion soon will end,

The bottom's falling through;

Hurrah for General Sherman, then,

And Bonny Boys in Blue.

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Brave General Sherman, O! &n. mi

Sung by CARNCROSS and DIXEY'S Minstrels

Young Love he plays some funny tricks

With us, unlucky elves;

So, Gentlemen, I pray look out,
And take care of yourselves.