Statistics for occurrence #1 of “General Lee” in chapter 11.112, section c.11.112.172, page 567 of Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 9.:
... and sang it to an old negro melody as long as they were in hearing--
Run little preacher, The big preacher'll catch you.
But, perhaps, the grimmest joke of the occasion was the one which General Lee got off at the expense of General Magruder--as gallant a gentleman as ever drew sabre, and one whose courtly manners won
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