Western Star! Give it Three Cheers

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AIR--"Gayly the Troubadour."

1. BRIGHTLY THE WESTERN STAR
Beams o'er our land,
Shedding its radiance
On every hand:
Kind are its bounteous rays,
Chasing our fears --
Western Star! Western Star!
Give it three cheers.

2. Richly it brings us
Promise of peace --
Giving, from misrule,
Joyful release;
Tidings of triumph
It brings to our ears --
Western Star! Western Star!
Give it three cheers.

3. Mechanics and farmers
Hail the glad day,
When Free Labor gives them
Good price and pay.
Brightly the Western Star
O'er us appears --
LINCOLN, the "Rail - Splitter!"
Give him three cheers.

4. They, who "the victor's spoil"
Claimed as their own,
Shall, this year, their power see
Fully o'erthrown:
RIGHT shall prevail over
Misrule of years --
WESTERN STAR! EASTERN STAR!
Give each three cheers.

5. All shall encore again
Loudly the shout,
The PEOPLE will raise, when
The Slaveites are out.
When Buchanan's defunct,
And misrule disappears,
For LINCOLN and HAMLIN
THREE TIMES THREE CHEERS!

G. K.