Sidney Franklin

“ For their health in this Happy Land of Canaan.
Chorus.
Oh! ho, ho, ho, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, the boys to Virginia are a going,
And they’ll always gain their fights
In the cause of Southern Rights,
Or be buried in this Happy Land of Canaan.
2.
The next upon the list, are the Colorado Echos,
Who on for the fray are marching, ha, ha,
And when they do arrive, the enemy they will drive
From the soil of this Happy Land of Canaan. ”

“ WAVERLEY CONFEDERATES,
Capt. Powell, Fifth Regiment Texas Volunteers.
By YENDIS NILKNARF.
1.
Oh! the Bayou City Guards, they will never ask for odds,
When the Yankees in a close place get them, ha, ha ”