| Show SHERIDAN AND PAGE Colonel Henry W Page is the only man that took that memorable ride Into Winchester with the illustrious Sheridan Liberal orator in tho late spiked Liberal convention Xote Perhaps the colonels anxiety to get Into Winchester was due to tho fact that he believed himself t ho safer at the front of battle than twenty miles away because you know the farther a bullet travels the faster it goes 7p from the south a break of day Bringing to Winchester fresh dismay The affrighted air with a shudder bore like a herald in haste to the chieftains door The terrible crumble and tumble and roar Telling the battle was on once more And Sheridan and Page twenty miles away But there Is a road from Winchester town A good broad highway leading down And tnere through the lush of the morning light A steed as black as the steeds of night Vas seen to pass n with eagle fights fight-s lUbe knew the terrible needle need-le stretched away with his utmost speed His rose and fell but his heart was gay With Sheridan and Page fifteen miles Slerdan 1fteen mies away > > > > > > The first that the general and Page saw were tho groups H stragglers auk then the retreating troops What was dono what to doa glance told them both And sinking their spurs with terrible oaths They dashed down the hill mid a storm of huzzas And the wave of retreat checked its course there because The sight of the master and Page compelled i t pause With foam and with dust the black was gray By the play flash of his eye and his red nostrils He seemed to the whole great army to say I have brought Sheridan and Page all the way From Winchester down to save the day Hurrah hurrah for Sheridan and Page 1 Hurrah hurrah for horse and men And hen their statues are placed on high Under the dome of the union sky The American soldiers temple of fame Then with the glorious generals name and Pages 1ae Be it sad in letters both bold and bright Here is the steed that saved the day By carrying Sheridan and Page into the fight From Winchester twenty miles away |
