Choice Collection
of
Old and New Songs
by
Various Authors

[Column 1]
Bobbin Around ... Berkel. 20
Shells of Ocean ... Cherry. 30.
Juanita ... Mrs. Norton. 30.
Ever of Thee ... Foley Hall. 30.
I Cannot Dance to Night ... Mrs. Baily. 30.
Mother Is the Battle Over ... B. Roefs, 30.
Her Bright Smile ... Wright. 30.
Annie Laurie ... Scotch Song. 30.
Valley of Chamouni ... Glover. 30.
My Mother Dear ... Lover. 30.
Rinin' in a Rail Road Keer ... Florence. 35.
I Vants to Go Home ... T. M. Brown. 35.
[Column 2]
Kate Darling ... 30.
Star Spangled Banner ... N.Song. 20.
A Dollar or Two ... Beckel. 30.
Officers Funeral ... Mrs. Norton. 30.
Home Sweet Hiome ... Bishop. 30.
My Happy Home ... Hudson, 30.
With a Mile or Edinbord ... Scotch Song. 30.
Kathleen Mavourneen ... Crouch. 30.
Thou Art Gone from my Gaze ... Linley. 30.
Mary of Argyle ... Nelson. 30.
Oh Take Me to Thy Heart Again ... N. Belfa. 30.
Dat's My Philospophy ... Ed. Berry. 30.

"DAT'S MY PHILOSOPHY." [1863]
Written and Composed
by
Edward Berry.

Saint Louis, MO: RICIL J. COMPTON, 52 Fourth St.
[copyright by JACOB ENDERS]
[Library of Congress
MUSIC DIV
Class M 1642
  .B
Acc. no. 101107]
[Plate no.] 246--3
[Source: civilwardigital.com]

1. Oh hear I am again
How are you gentlemen, just listen unto me,
And I’ll tell you in my song
’Bought things I do like and dont like to see.

CHORUS [sung after each VERSE]
But I would like to see the white folks make their quarrels up,
And  let the Niggers be,
For Slave or Free, a nigger will be a nigger,
Dat’s my Philosophy.

2. Oh I dont like to see
Dis great country broke up through party strife,
But I would like to see
De white folks friends on equal terms, and seek each others life.

3. Oh I dont like to see
Good men and True, contending in their might,
But I would like to see
De men who caused all dis trouble shov’d foremost in dis fight.