Show h r I I Welcome Comrades r Dlack Hawk Campilre Sept 2lflltt > 51 Welcome comrades welcome son and sire I Welcome veterans to this our third campfire Welcome to our town our new pnvllUon Hope youll all enjoy a march and cotillion If you wtml to know our excuse for being here Youll lied Ilia the history tho early pioneer Suffice to say wo willingly left bur home And chose In tho American Dtscrt to roam Undaunted wo sot our taco to the west Hoping to find coma place In whlcn to rest Wovo rend the poets and heard the statcincn say Westward Ibo star of Empire wends Its way Westward wo couldnt further go for on tho eoas tWo t-Wo met the lynx oycd Oriental host We turn d the waters of those sparkling rllN lJulll hro u State mongst the everlasting hills The barriers that heat claimed our attention A few of them I now will mention Drouth crickets grasshoppers poisoned the land The hungry savage red men a thrcitrlnp band Now our worthy leaders wise knd nnd true Directed us the best course to pursue 13o on ydlir gUard divide with him yoUr fodder < And trcut him us you would u fallen brother Fighting makes of him more n savage fiend Treat him honest then nn ally and n friend Tako no advintago of the untultorcd bravo Let nil your movements tend to raise to save But a erlIs l arose we had to fight And quickly no milled to defend the right Wo have peace and such well have at any cost Then forward boys and let no tilt I fo Our Captains npccch extempore ot Bovallant and light for them makns Dont think of defeat woro not nfUhe lie soldiers today think ol nothing lent i crUse cr-Use your eye and your ear and nlslty d i ICep cool and listen to every comment I think wo can say It and 8y thin truth Vatfa nttf tiMirrVi t n tight from ItlP tnn 0 n our youth We never shed blood on any pretense Excepting U bo in our owe aelf dehbse Thus spoke our Captain with a pretty strong IU tg Butmore with his eye than he dlS TI his tongue Wove always courted peace with relwhlte wings rft And All the bounteous harvest theta h1 Ingd The victories of peace arc greater far Than ever achieved by cruelwar c Comrades In peace let this be our dui To make tho mountain vales a place < rBauty Let us redeem the wild nn woolly wo n r Find homes for the afflicted tho OPtl B sad Let peace charity and friendship alia ar May the tree of liberty and frucilon Jurlsh here The desert that already blossoms as tbv case In which find peace and rest and S1Yee epos Let us emulate our patriotic sire While wo meet In peace around our caj + pnn Our reunions will stronger grow w h this cement May this be our watchword this ou cut And then when Time begins to thin our ranks For with old veterans he plays Just such pranks Hut we must recruit more victories IJe eon From Utahs best crop all up yes 10 titl I JOHN ROllE TaoS Spanish Fork 1693 1 |