“So, Uncle Sam, just lay down your arms,”
Lilliburlero, etc.,
“Then you shall hear my reas’nable terms,”
Lilliburlero, etc. 
“Lero, lero, I’d like to hear O, I’d like to hear,” says old Uncle Sam,
“Lero, lero, filibustero, I’d like to hear,” says old Uncle Sam.

“First, you must own I’ve beat you in fight,”
Lilliburlero, etc.,
“Then, that I always have been in the right,”
Lilliburlero, etc. 
“Lero, lero, rather severe O, rather severe,” says old Uncle Sam,
“Lero, lero, filibustero, rather severe,” says old Uncle Sam.

“Then, you must pay my national debts,”
Lilliburlero, etc.,
“No questions asked about my assets,”
Lilliburlero, etc. 
“Lero, lero, that’s very dear O, that’s very dear,” says old Uncle Sam,
“Lero, lero, filibustero, that’s very dear,” says old Uncle Sam.

“Also, some few I.O.U.s and bets,”
Lilliburlero, etc.,
“Mine, and Bob Toombs’, and Slidell’s, and Rhett’s,”
Lilliburlero, etc. 
“Lero, lero, that leaves me zero, that leaves me zero,” says Uncle Sam,
“Lero, lero, filibustero, that leaves me zero,” says Uncle Sam.

“And, by the way, one little thing more,”
Lilliburlero, etc.,
“You’re to refund the costs of the war,”
Lilliburlero, etc. 
“Lero, lero, just what I fear O, just what I fear,” says old Uncle Sam,
“Lero, lero, filibustero, just what I fear,” says old Uncle Sam.

“Next, you must own our Cavalier blood!”
Lilliburlero, etc.,
“And that your Puritans sprang from the mud!”
Lilliburlero, etc. 
“Lero, lero, that mud is clear O, that mud is clear,” says old Uncle Sam,
“Lero, lero, filibustero, that mud is clear,” says old Uncle Sam.

“Slavery’s, of course, the chief corner-stone,”
Lilliburlero, etc.,
“Of our NEW CIV-IL-I-ZA-TI-ON!”
Lilliburlero, etc. 
“Lero, lero, that’s quite sincere O, that’s quite sincere,” says old
Uncle Sam,
“Lero, lero, filibustero, that’s quite sincere,” says old Uncle Sam.

“You’ll understand, my recreant tool,”
Lilliburlero, etc.,
“You’re to submit, and we are to rule,”

Lilliburlero, etc. 
“Lero, lore, aren’t you a hero! aren’t you a hero!” says Uncle Sam,
“Lero, lero, filibustero, aren’t you a hero!” says Uncle Sam.

“If to these terms you fully consent,”
Lilliburlero, etc.,
“I’ll be Perpetual King-President,”
Lilliburlero, etc. 
“Lero, lero, take your sombrero, off to your swamps!” says old Uncle Sam,
“Lero, lero, filibustero, cut, double-quick!” says old Uncle Sam.

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REVIEWS AND LITERARY NOTICES.

Titan:  A Romance.  From the German of Jean Paul Friedrich Richter.  Translated by CHARLES T. BROOKS.  In Two Volumes.  Boston:  Ticknor and Fields.