Secession Wagon -- Union Side

(From the Fifth Iowa Register)

BY J. H. WILSON

Secession is the wagon!  ‘Tis painted nice and new,

The horses they are fractious, and a draw a fractious crew,

But then the whip’s a good one – the lines are safely tied –

So jump into the wagon and we’ll all take a ride.

CHORUS –	Then drive along the wagon
	The Secession wagon –
	We’ll put them in their wagon,
	And give them all a ride.

Come all ye Northern freemen and fall into the ranks,

The “Secesh” need a lesson, and we will stop their pranks

We’ll bring them to subjection – we’ll subjugate their pride –

We’ll put them in their wagon and give them all a ride.

So drive along the wagon, &c.

The wagon it was stolen, and so the horses too,

And all their spending money was taken right from you

But Floyd’s the man to do it tho’ others long had tried

So we’ll put them in the wagon and give them all a ride.

So drive along the wagon, &c.

Jeff Davis, we will catch him, and Stephens we will bag,

And all the Southern leaders who of their bravery brag,

We’ll box them up so neatly, and from all care exempt,

They never shall have troubles, for they shall be well hemped.

So Drive along the wagon, &c.

Claib Jackson is included, and Price we’ll kindly treat

For we know he always travels with the loosest kind of seat,

And the poor deluded rebels, whose trusts have been belied

We’ll show them every kindness on their Secession ride.

So drive along the wagon, &c.

The niggers we don’t want them, for them we do not fight

For tho’ we make them freemen, we can not make them white

We’ll only take their masters, who do not with us side,

And put them in the wagon to take a Secesh ride.

So drive along the wagon, &c.

Abe Lincoln is our driver, McClellan holds the reins,

And he will drive the wagon with the greatest care and pains

His hold it is a good one, and it will never slip

So jump into the wagon, he’ll take you through the trip.

So drive along the wagon, &c.

– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, February 1, 1862, p. 3