American Eagle.

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BY WILL S. LURTON.

The Proclamation will soon be spoken,
The people all tell us so;
The Nation must have her fetters broken,
For the People all tell us so;
Oh, won't we have much sick Bondholders on hand,
And when they are paid Greenbacks, oh, won't it be grand.
The tears that they'll shed will ne'er deluge the land,
For the People all tell us so.

CHORUS:
American Eagle, hysterical bird,
Oh, flap your wings and crow, oh!
The People's uprising, yes, that's the word,
For the People all tell us so.

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Oh! There's curious times in that Wall street section,
For the People all tell us so;
These Greenbackers get up a terrific resurrection,
For the People all tell us so;
These Bondholders raving like persons insane,
Those chaps in Toledo are raising up Cain,
And the de'ls to pay all over the land,
For the People all tell us so.

CHORUS.

But these Greenback chaps will gobble Kentucky,
For the People all tell us so;
And Ohio's gone, too, for Hayes, that's unlucky,
For the People all tell us so;
But the People are bound their freedom they'll gain,
They will break every Bondholder's yoke and chain,
And through these benighted States the Greenback shall reign,
For the People all tell us so.

CHORUS.