big cup of . . .

[Jonathan Lighter]

Perhaps this is the offending work. The author, Albert Pike (1809-91), was a minor Arkansas writer, later a Confederate general.  An article in "The Handbook of Texas Online" calls him "one of the most remarkable figures in American history."  Must be an old article.

"Dixie" is bad by modern standards, but rather more civilized than Gen. George Patton's verse.  It even made it into Thomas Lounsbury's Yale Book of American Verse (1912).  I first read it about 1961.

It will fit the tune if you cheat "a little" - or "enough."

                                                      DIXIE

Southrons, hear your country call you,
Up, lest worse than death befall you!
   To arms! To arms! To arms, in Dixie!
Lo! all the beacon-fires are lighted,--
Let all hearts be now united!
   To arms! To arms! To arms, in Dixie!

CHORUS:

Advance the flag of Dixie!
   Hurrah! Hurrah!
In Dixie's land we take our stand,
   And live or die for Dixie!
To arms! To arms!
   And conquer peace for Dixie!
To arms! To arms!
   And conquer peace for Dixie!

Hear the Northern thunders mutter!
Northern flags in South winds flutter!
   To arms! To arms! To arms, in Dixie!
Send them back your fierce defiance!
Stamp upon the cursed alliance!
   To arms! To arms! To arms, in Dixie!--

(CHORUS)

Fear no danger! Shun no labor!
Lift up rifle, pike, and sabre!
   To arms! To arms! To arms, in Dixie!
Shoulder pressing close to shoulder,
Let the odds make each heart bolder!
   To arms! To arms! To arms, in Dixie!--

(CHORUS)

How the South's great heart rejoices
At your cannon's ringing voices!
   To arms! To arms! To arms, in Dixie!
For faith betrayed and pledges broken,
Wrongs inflicted, insults spoken,
   To arms! To arms! To arms, in Dixie!--

(CHORUS)

Strong as lions, swift as eagles,
Back to their kennels hunt these beagles!
   To arms! To arms! To arms, in Dixie!
Cut the unequal bonds asunder!
Let them hence each other plunder!
   To arms! To arms! To arms, in Dixie!--

(CHORUS)

Swear upon your country's altar
Never to submit or falter--
   To arms! To arms! To arms, in Dixie!
Till the spoilers are defeated,
Till the Lord's work is completed!
   To arms! To arms! To arms, in Dixie!--

(CHORUS)

Halt not till our Federation
Secures among earth's powers its station!
   To arms! To arms! To arms, in Dixie!
Then at peace and crowned with glory,
Hear your children tell the story!
   To arms! To arms! To arms, in Dixie!--

(CHORUS)

If the loved ones weep in sadness,
Victory soon shall bring them gladness--
   To arms! To arms! To arms, in Dixie!
Exultant pride soon vanish sorrow;
Smiles chase tears away to-morrow!
   To arms! To arms! To arms, in Dixie!--

(CHORUS)

Wilson Gray <wilson.gray at RCN.COM> wrote:
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> Tom Smith to Warren Buffet:
>"Have a nice big cup of shut the hell up"
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>http://therightcoast.blogspot.com/2005_03_01_therightcoast_archive.html#
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>Reminds me of "open up a can of whoop ass"

The correct translation of this phrase into the language of The Man
is "open (up) a can of *whip*-ass." BTW, what's up with this
re-respelling of a word whose eye-dialect form has been "whup" since
two hours after God separated the heavens from the earth? Not to
mention that we old heads know that "whoop" is pronounced [hup], as
in "the blood-curdling war-whoops of the red-skinned savages" or in
"whoop-de-doo." I guess this tragic loss of the classic form is
probably due to the steady attrition of comic strips featuring
untutored Southrons as objects of derision.

IFAC, "Southrons!" is the first word of a long poem entitled "Dixie"
that I once ran across as a child in the 1944 edition of "The Book of
Knowledge: The Children's Encyclopedia." Since its rhythm failed to
fit the rhythm of the song of the same name, which I've always
considered to have quite a catchy tune, the only part of the poem
that I bothered to remember is the first word.

-Wilson

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>Are there others?



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