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For behind they left a wailing, A terror and a ban, And blazing cinders sailing, And houseless households wan, Wide zones of counties paling, And towns where maniacs ran. Was it Treason's retribution   Necessity the plea? FOR BEHIND THEY LEFT A WAILING A TERROR AND A BAND AND BLAZING CINDER SAILING AND HOUSELESS HOUSEHOLDS WON WIDE ZONES OF COUNTIES PALING AND TOWNS WHERE MANIACS RAN WAS IT TREASON'S RETRIBUTION NECESSITY THE PLEA
 by thousands drew, And they marched beside the drumming, And they joined the armies blue. The cocks crowed from the cannon (Pets named from Grant and Lee), Plumed fighters and campaigners In the marching to the sea: It was glorious glad marching, For every man was free. The foragers through calm lands Swept in tempest gay, And they breathed the air of balm-lands Where rolled savannas lay, And they helped themselves from farm-lands-- As who should say them nay? The regiments uproarious Laughed in Plenty’s glee; And they marched till their broad laughter Met the laughter of the sea: It was glorious glad marching, That marching to the sea. The grain of endless acres Was threshed (as in the East) By the trampling of the Takers, Strong march of man and beast; The flails of those earth-shakers Left a famine where they ceased. The arsenals were yielded; The sword (that was to be), Arrested in the forging, Rued that marching to the sea: It was glorious glad marching, But ah, the stern decree!  BANNERS BRIGHTLY BLOOMING THE SLAVES BY THOUSANDS DREW AND THEY MARCHED BESIDE THE DRUMMING AND THEY JOINED THE ARMIES BLUE THE COCKS CROWED FROM THE CANNON PETS NAMED FROM GRANT AND LEE PLUMED FIGHTERS AND CAMPAIGNERS IN THAT MARCHING TO SEA IT WAS GLORIOUS GLAD MARCHING FOR EVERY MAN WAS FREE THE FORGERS THROUGH CALM LAND SWEPT IN TEMPEST GAY AND THEY BREATHED THE AIR OF BALM LANDS WHERE ROLLED SAVANNAS LAY AND THEY HELPED THEMSELVES FROM FARM LANDS AS WHO SHOULD SAY THEM NAY THE REGIMENTS UPROARIOUS LAUGHED IN PLENTY'S GLEE AND THEY MARCHED TILL THEIR BROAD LAUGHTER MET THE LAUGHTER OF THE SEA IT WAS GLORIOUS GLAD MARCHING THAT MARCHING TO THE SEA THE GRAIN OF ENDLESS ACRES WAS THRESHED AS IN THE EAST BY THE TRAMPLING OF THE TAKERS STRONG MARCH OF MAN AND BEAST THE FLAILS OF THOSE EARTH SHAKERS LEFT A FAMINE WHERE THEY CEASED THE ARSENALS WERE YIELDED THE SWORD THAT WAS TO BE ARRESTED IN THE FORGING RUDE THAT MARCHING TO THE SEA IT WAS GLORIOUS GLAD MARCHING BUT AH THE STERN DECREE
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