Manipulative 6
Let us close our game of poker,
Take our tine cups in hand,
While we gather ‘round the cook’s tent door,
Where dry mummies of hard crackers are given to each man;
Oh, hard crackers come again no more!
‘Tis the song and the sigh of the hungry,
Hard crackers, hard crackers, come again no more!
Many days you have lingered upon our stomachs sore.
Oh, hard crackers, come again no more.
There’s a hungry, thirsty soldier, who wears his life away,
With torn clothes, whose better days are o’er
He is sighing now for whiskey, and with throat as dry as hay,
Sings, “Hard crackers come again no more.” (Chorus)
‘Tis the song that is uttered in camp by night and day,
‘Tis the wail that is mingled with each snore;
‘Tis the sighing of the soul for spring chickens far away,
“Oh, hard crackers come again not more.” (Chorus)
“Hard Crackers Come Again No More” originated in 1861 by the 1st Iowa Regiment.
This song was a take off of Stephen Foster’s 1855 “Hard Times Come Again No More”
When Johnny comes marching home again, Hurrah, hurrah!
We’ll give him a hearty welcome then, Hurrah, hurrah!
The men will cheer, the boys will shout,
The ladies will all turn out,
And we’ll all feel gay,
When Johnny comes marching home.
The old church bell will peal with joy,
Hurrah, hurrah!
To welcome home our darling boy,
Hurrah, hurrah!
The village lads and lassies say
With roses they will strew the way,
And we’ll all feel gay,
When Johnny comes marching home,
Get ready for the jubilee,
Hurrah, hurrah!
We’ll give the hero three time three!
Hurrah, hurrah!
The laurel wreath is ready now,
To place upon his loyal brow,
And we’ll all feel gay,
When Johnny comes marching home.
“When Johnny Comes Marching Home”, written in 1863 by Patrick S. Gilmore, a bandmaster of the Union Army. It was song on both sides Union and Confederate.