another set of lyrics set to the tune at the time of the American Civil War is attributed to the ballad scholar Francis J. Child, born in Boston in 1825. It is a satire on Jefferson Davis and the Confederacy, and perhaps refers to the Hampton Roads Conference. "Well, Uncle Sam," says Jefferson D., Lilliburlero, old Uncle Sam, "You'll have to join my Confed'racy," Lilliburlero, old Uncle Sam. "Lero, lero, that don't appear-o, That don't appear," says old Uncle Sam, "Lero, lero, filibustero, That don't appear," says old Uncle Sam. "So, Uncle Sam, just lay down your arms," Lilliburlero, old Uncle Sam, "Then you shall hear my reas'nable terms," Lilliburlero, old Uncle Sam. "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 a fight," Lilliburlero, old Uncle Sam, "then that I always have been in the right," Lilliburlero, old Uncle Sam. "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, old Uncle Sam, "No questions asked about my assets," Lilliburlero, old Uncle Sam. "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 IOUs and bets," Lilliburlero, old Uncle Sam, "Mine, and Bob Toombs', and Sidell's and Rhett's," Lilliburlero, old Uncle Sam. "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, old Uncle Sam, "You're to refund the costs of the war," Lilliburlero, old Uncle Sam. "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, old Uncle Sam, "And that your Puritans sprang from the mud!" Lilliburlero, old Uncle Sam. "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, old Uncle Sam, "Of our new civilisation!" Lilliburlero, old Uncle Sam. "Lero, lero, that's quite sincere-o, That's quite sincere," says old Uncle Sam, "Lero,