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Show Tin: iiai't;.!'. ok Manilla. 'Twas on a Sunday morning In tU,. Mowei-y month of -May. illMVc Dewy .spied the Spanish Heel. Al! in imaiila b::y. up ran ibl. signal to Lis lleet. And to the br-..-.,.; "W'e'l'e going :.alihos,p.o:ii;hijS Tiivl- Uv..:f.:-i!. if y ;)( j i s :." iv. itl 'long' the liiie, the signal run. 'Twas eang'bt up by eaeh erew: Whovraved tlie answe: qnijkly baek "All I'ight. brave Dewey do." The stokers plied their shovels quiek, And made eaeh furne.ee glo'.v, The engineers ope'd wide the valves And made a. gallant show Black clouds of smoke and hissing steam, Belched fourth from every ship; Like things of life they seemed to say, "No Spanish ship must skip;'' And snorting proudly thro' the deep. They cleft apart the. ware, Sa-jh heaving billow .seemed to sing lie ready for emergencies To slay the "yank'".' pigs." For rumor says that Dewey's tiert May soon be in the swell. We know that yankees hit the mark, W hen lighting' shot or shell. All ledge t!ie drowsy Spaniards yawned oar old. old. chestnut joke: Av:i-:t. yo u- siirivl's. and saying mass. We'd cither take a smoke: "Tis ti-.uul.iy and a, day of rest Dei, a'l ; -a.. P th ..t. -.linos .', Just pr.. " : '',:' ' WVi. .. a . - The ol.i p i -! e ." ih- . .. While-en. eih ,.'. Said mas- and i. a. -j,; i,::e eia.eilbv, As to saints be deads "Saint Peter, now be pleased to grant, The favors of the Pope, That every yankee pig unkilled May swing out on a rope." The impious, vain and boasting prayer Had scarcely left his lips, When .shot and shell came pouring in From Dewey's gallant ships. For Dewey steamed right in the bay While, priests were saying prayers, Had not their heads been elosley shaved, It would have raised their hairs. Crash came the deadly thirteen shells, Plight thro' the Spanish craft, File rapid gans threw solid shot, Devasping fore and aft; Then ''maxims" threw their iron, hail We bear up yankee braves. Vll hearts were bounding for the fray, All eager for a shot: lire venganee filled each heaving breast The -'Maine" they'd not forgot the piteeus wail of widows tears, Came pleading o'er the seas, The orphans plaintive moaning cries Seem'd mingled with the breeze '.t seemed as ghosts of murdered men Were rising from the deep, Ynd mangled, bloody spectres cried 'Shall venganee always sleep'.-1 .Ye were your comrades bold and true. Without a cowardly stain, Ydl martyrs to our countries cause Were blown mi on 1he 'Maine:' " Vail shall out- bodies unavenged, Blanche 'neath Havana's va c? devoid a wreath, or piling tear To mark the sailor's grave? o, by the god of battles no, Columbia's heroes cried: Today we'il t'.nk Fa A -.p in'sh licet Or slep beneath the tide. fba blood that flowed for freedoms cause Shall never be forget r'oul blot on Spain's proud boasting Hag, A blood red damning spot: Time can't efface that cruel deed, Wrought by the fiends of Spain .mpossible we can't forget And swept the spauish decks, Ttie Spanish flagship is on lire, The rest are sinking- wrecks. From "panich ships loud thundering roars. That sent fourth shot and shell. They nobly tired their heavy guns, From midst a living hell The deadly liantes spread wild and fast And reached their powder stores, Great iron ships were torn apart And vvreekag-e strew'd the shores The deadly grape and shrapnel she' Is Belched forth from Dewey's guns, And mowed, the foemandown in swarths The boasting Spanish dons Tire molten hail like meteors burs':-, Dealt death from left to right ' The deck v. ith mangled bodies strewn: God what a sickening sight. Then one by one tho Spanish sb.ipse Were sinking or on fire; The topling masts crashed thro' the leaks WUiilest smoke and flames leaped hi I'her ih'sn, b'.ooly. sioaclial, and v. rithing Dow:, : : he c.:.:n , y-olc , ,- The ,:a- : -. it c a e el'--Up went, "li,i ( Jury's" stars auu st-a ;c. ... Pro.il mast to Civile shore Y'es, 'twas a gloi ioas victory Bra e Dcv ey v or. that day Hj v'.ou die bis t! I j fair ami squa' c, Ali in .Manilla bay. SampMin, Sigs JIol sea teo- Bra-.e fought Pie spttnish knr. Cei vera'.-, ships they fired ant', sv.'d. 'XeuUl Sai.'tiag'o's veaves, It v.as a sad rrd pit'fal right The . imoty of that- da : Cinu'ti hunt-i :. isagmcui-; trvc i ing i aenti ''s to, id ha i.-ivds of j'i ey I i", a.i rathe r .sel for boal i.iiig Spain. V.'Jicu Sau p--..n made tee sh-ugli1 a, lie '-nlpprJ l a- m on tie- i. u'nan :- :. Teen Shaft i j iok.-.l t!u after eh'i ,.d S, ..1,1 ! a - lu-: b". ". '.au i.-n - : c-h. ,n lc ae-.y-hov a. - a --a- -a ; ii! pi ;...! h ' -a- m , -, -. - 'U1. .hoc. t ' ; 1 ' . :. i, The sad fate of the "Maine." .Jot- do we wish, the seamen cried, Afloat ou southern seas; Jp went the noble- stars end stripes' And tUitfcs iu the breeze; 'Stand by your guns ' ' brave Dc wey erf ad "Send shell and shot like lain," . "Aye, aye sir." cried each noble U , "Wc will avenge the. 'Maine.'" The Spanish foeinan soundly slept- Ou that eventful day; IVe'er dreaming that b"ive Dewey had dust steamed info the bay They dreamed the ytotkee pigs vere k'l'ed, Their ship suiik by tho shore. . nd they, ''.-jp, laurel wreath-- vere .TO'vued. And. yankee jfdld galore. i'lms snoring, tb eamirgalreaim.'c' as'ail), They by the prie-t were blest J'lieiv shiir- anil (run' invincible, 1.Vit!i cb'i'iy on P-e'C crest- Tlu-'y di ea iced when they rePr'nc! to Spain Vi.. vaa.-'s ti'iu-upiiia.l eliai'n ; That si'anP'i beauties would them greet And cl.i :'p Pis' :a iu their as. us. Twas '-eneay ami t'-e niaiiu be'i '-igli.'d .Ji!j o- the bree..;-: Eaeh s1o:n-i'"i"si Iciv-'rP ano lei'.'-i ii., C'l'C'S.-, Then 1 p apt n ' 1 - k'.a.es: V ud h -,u, . ,- t h-c si.uiiu 1 a . a The 1 ' i"-'f.-: a' : 'd- ha The p: 1 -ha-1' . a --,-:PP's;-.:rl-. an-. V c .. ; vii, ' ' a ch '- a 1 ;-,h a 1 1, , - -y. 1 .-., veil a- a . e:-. i:. -.ic'l'-. r! iloe'l ..:! !.! ,! v!-.. |