Checker-Boarders And Keystoners

|There was an old person, J. B.,

``An old Public Func-tion-arie; [agreed,

`When they swore, "We'll secede!" he just smiled, "I'm

``"You've a sure friend, you know, in J. B.=

``There was a smart lawyer named W------

``Who from Union men made quite a fortun';

`But his wealth he despised, with Secesh fraternized,

``This apo-state-olical W------.=

``There was a twistortulous Heed,

``Who hoped that Secesh might succeed;

`For he said, "It's my natur' to act like a traitor,

``Since it runs in the joints of a Heed."=

``There once was a Copperhead Diddle,

``Who played to the Heed second fiddle;

`When they said, "It is small!" it replied, not at all,

`Says he, "I ain't dead--as a live Copperhead

``I'm a squirmulous vermiform Wriggler."=

``There was an old servant called Peter,

``So moody in humor and feature

`Because the good people from the church with a steeple

``Expelled this old saturnine Peter.=

``There was a sharp lawyer, one P-,

``Whose thoughts never got through his still lips;

`And all he would say was "ah!" "h'm!" "oh!" and "ay

``This pauciloquent person named P-.=

``There was a neat sarpent--a Coiler--

``True son of the ancient Beguiler;

`Who told such a whopper, he burst out his copper,

``And frightfully fractured his biler.=

`It's a full-blooded Copperhead Diddle!"=

`There was an ex-governing Wiggler,

`A political huckster and higgler;

``Quoth "Aristocracy"

``To Fourth Ward "Vulgarity,"

`"You are dregs, I am froth; and our interests both

``Are opposed to this working, d'ye see!"=