A song

First eight stanzas deal with draft evaders and Draft Riot in New York city; last three verses recommend William H. Kalbfleisch's tobacco store. First eight stanzas deal with draft evaders and Draft Riot in New York city; last three verses recommend William H. Kalbfleisch's tobacco store. composed by Joseph R. Winter, "Indian Dick," at the time of the draft for the Civil War. Poem in eleven four-line stanzas and four-line refrain. Suggested range of dates from internal evidence and because of reference to the time of composition; poem must have been printed after the war.