Few Days
[Lyrics John A. Stone, Music unknown]

1
Our country now is great and free,
Few days, few days;
And thus shall it forever be,
We know the way,
Though rummie foes may gather here,
Few days, few days,
We will protect what we hold dear,
We know the way!

Chorus:
We'll battle innovation,
Few days, few days,
And fight against usurpation
By a cunning foe.
For our guide's the Temperance banner,
Few days, few days,
Our guide's the temperance banner,
We know the way.

2
The world shall see that we are true,
Few days, few days,
And that we know a thing or two,
We know the way!
As Temperance men go hand in hand,
Few days, few days;
Our countless throng shall fill the land
We know the way!

Chorus:

3
Then shout aloud, o'er hill and plain,
Few days, few days,
We will temperance rights maintain,
We know the way!
We'll always guard it with our might,
Few days, few days;
And keep it steadfast in the right,
We know the way!

Chorus:

The California Temperance Song Book, p. 46,
Temperance Legion [-?], San Francisco, 1867.
Included in California Gold: Northern California Folk Music from the Thirties. American Memory.

Based on Few Days, Our Country Now Is Great and Free, The Know-Nothings Union Song. Sheet music, words by K. N., Arranged by S. G. A., 1854, Oliver Ditson, Boston and New York.

In 1854, the hey-day of the Know Nothings political power, several songs including "Few Days" in the title were published, most of them patriotic in tone, and having the same musical form. One was a Christy's minstrel song which may have been in circulation before 1854. Sheet music for several of these is preserved at American Memory, and in other collections.