lyr. Add: PATCHWORK SONG
Music by Sidney Nelson (1800-1862); words by W. Dexter Smith, Jr.(1842?-1909)

As I walked down the street I observed by the way,
Placed along on the railings, The Songs of the day,
Of the words of the songs, I have not time to tell,
But the names of them all I remember quite well,
There were those which amused me, while reading them through,
If you'll listen awhile I will sing them to you,
I have writen themm down, in a queer kind of verse,
And I'll trust you'll accept them, for better or for worse.

There was "Little Maggie Dale," "Riding in a Railroad Car,"
"Near the Banks of that Lone River," "I will smoke my last Cigar,"
"Sing to me those dear Old Songs," "When the Swallows Homeward Fly,"
"I'll be No Submissive Wife," "Mother, I've Come Home to Die,"
"Listen to the Mocking Bird," "There is Music in the Air,"
"Let Me Kiss Him for his Mother," There will be a "Vacant Chair,"
"If I had Someone to Love Me," "I'd be gay and happy Still,"
"Tell Me is My Father Coming," with the "Sword of Bunker Hill."

"She is Waiting for us There," "In the Cottage by the Sea,"
"Jennie with the Light-Brown Hair," "Will You go along with Me,"
"In my Dreams Thou'rt ever Near," We will kiss but never tell,"
"I Would choose to be a Daisy," or "A Washington Street Belle,"
"Do They think of Me at Home," "When the Bloom is on the Rye,"
"We will Rally round the Flag," "Kiss Me, Mother, ere I Die,"
"Sweet Dreams flitting softly o'er Me," "I should rather like to Know,"
"Is it Anybody's Business, if a Lady has a Beau?"

"Many, Many Years Ago," "Linda's Gone to Baltimore,"
"I'm a Young Man from the Country," with "The Ring My Mother Wore,"
"Bring thy shattered Heart to Me," "Ella Leene," "At Evening Hour,"
"Read Me Letters from My Home," "Rosalie, the Prairie Flower,"
"Rock Me to Sleep, Mother," with "Sweet Thoughts of Thee,"
"Old Jeff Davis is a-coming," Mother Dear Oh Pray for Me,'
"Oh, Darkey don't you Linger," "Come in and shut the Door,"
"We are Coming Father Abraam," with "Three Hundred Dollars More."

"Now the War is nearly Over," "I will take Thee for My Bride,"
"Oh, how happy I should be," Ever Sitting by Thy Side,"
"Brothers fainting at the Door," "Things I Don't like to See,"
And "I'm Lonely Tonight," "I've a Welcome for Thee,"
"When I Saw Sweet Nellie Home," with "The Folks that Put on Airs,"
"Maryland, my Maryland," "You must Mind your own Affairs,"
"Kiss Me Quick and Go, my Honey," "In the Old Gum-Tree Canoe,"
"Break it Gently to My Mother," and "The Young Gal dressed in Blue."

"Memories of Happy Days," with "The Old Arm Chair,"
"We Stand Beneath our Flag," "Upon the Lake so Fair,"
"Oh! Have you seen my Sister," with "The Jockey Hat and Feather,"
"And Darling Leonore," "We are Growing Old Together,"
"When this Cruel War is Over," "Johnny Bull Must Clear the Track,"
"Where are you Three Hundred Dollars," "You will Never Come back,"
"There were many, many More," but "I'll Finish up my Song,"
With "Our Battle-Flag" Forever, and "The Union Right or Wrong."

Sung by Buckley's Serenaders, Boston; sung by Carnecross & Dixey's Minstrels, Philadelphia.

A good listing of the pop songs of the Civil War period, sung in the North about 1862.

From "We'll Sing to Abe Our Song," Sheet Music about Lincoln, Emancipation, and the Civil War from the Alfred Whital Collection of Lincolniana. American Memory.