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Head-board and foot-board duly placed—

Grassed in the mound between;

Daniel Drouth is the slumberer's name—

Long may his grave be green!

Quick was his way—a flash and a blow,

Full of his fire was he—

A fire of hell—'tis burnt out now—

Green may his grave long be!

May his grave be green, though he

Was a rebel of iron mould;

Many a true heart—true to the Cause,

Through the blaze of his wrath lies cold.

May his grave be green—still green

While happy years shall run;

May none come nigh to disinter

The—Buried Gun.