. The brownies through the Union . THE BROWNIES IN Seventh Tour. TEXxVS. evening shades began to driveThe i)irds to roost and bees to hive,And out once more tlie beetles bringThat through the day kept folded wing,The Bro\\Tiies crossed a bridge of wood,And in the State of Texas one: Of all the States so ^videThrough which we ve passed with rapid stride,The Lone Star State, where now we makeOiu humble bow, can take the States seem but a scraggy patchThat scarce gives room for hens to hatch,Compared with this tremendous spreadOf acres, from the River RedDown to the Gulf; and

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. The brownies through the Union . THE BROWNIES IN Seventh Tour. TEXxVS. evening shades began to driveThe i)irds to roost and bees to hive,And out once more tlie beetles bringThat through the day kept folded wing,The Bro\\Tiies crossed a bridge of wood,And in the State of Texas one: Of all the States so ^videThrough which we ve passed with rapid stride,The Lone Star State, where now we makeOiu humble bow, can take the States seem but a scraggy patchThat scarce gives room for hens to hatch,Compared with this tremendous spreadOf acres, from the River RedDown to the Gulf; and westwardlyBeyond the Brazos stretching free, 75

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