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5th In museing mood we listen to the sound. Of the wind moaning in the woods around. The siege gun with their long drawn knell. The shrill parrot and bursting shell. 6th Poor as the man that fed with swine. His dimes all spent, in *chuckituck and wine. Chaced by misfortune, are hill and dale. Like a spotted dog, with a tin ban to his tail. 7th To patriotic to leave, and obliged to stay The chance is rather small, to get away Thus thousands live exposed to all the pills That Soldiers suffer in the Vicksburg hills

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• Chuckiluck is a game of dice used a great deal in the Army, for gambling