BETSIE BROWN.

I have loved you all my days,

Betsie Brown,

And I'll never cease to praise

Betsie Brown;

Still must I break love's tie,

To act a patriot part,

But I'll yield thee, as I die,

The last throb of my heart,

Betsie Brown!

For my country let me die,

Betsie Brown,

And never grieve nor cry,

Betsie Brown,

But lay me down to sleep

Where my country's tempests rave,

Where its mountain moss can creep

O'er an humble patriot's grave,

Betsie Brown!

And should my boy, with thee,

Betsie Brown,

By my grave once bend the knee,

Betsie Brown,

Teach him to bleed or die

For his country or his God,

Like him whose ashes lie

Beneath the loving sod,

Betsie Brown!