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C. S. Murray
Charleston, S. C..




aznaze to	see such a lot of soldier - all going down to die. And they start to sing as they cross de trestle.

on e pick a banjo, one play de fiddle. They sing and whoop, they laugh; they holler to de people on de ground, and sing out, “Good—bye.“ All going down to die.

	And it seem to me dat is de most wonderful sight I ever see. All them soldier, laughing light, singing and shouting dat way, arid all riding fast to battle.

	One soldier man say in a loud voice: “Well, boys we going ~ to cut de Yankee throat, We on our way to meet hirn and he better tremble. Our gun greeze up, arid our bayonet sharp. Boys we going to eat our dinner in hell today.“

	I turn to my pappy ~nd ax him how can man ~3.ct like dat when they going down to die. He answer me: “Dat ain‘t nutting. They n‘u~e~ to dat. Ain‘t you know soldier differ— ent?“

	But I say: 9appy, you hear dem talk •bout eat din— ner in hell?“

	He answer me back : “They been in de army ‚ long time. They don‘ t study hell anymore.“

	De train still rumble by. One gang of soldier on de top been playing card. I see um hold up de card as plain as day ‚ when de luck fal 1 ri gttt • The y go ing to fac e bul le t ‚ but yet they play card, and sing and laugh like they in their own k~ouse . e e All going down to die.