A Grave near Petersburg, Virginia

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.