| Show p THE BOYS OF THE OLD DRUM CORPS The following poem was viltteii In iiioiiiory of the Spanish Fork Drum Corps which was organized In IBM by IloiH D lamcH and Win H Davis liolli of whom u were thorough initKl claim Jeiiural I II I T 1 Burton mild I of them They wen tho best diuin COIIH In Utah They have all pnaa ed to the great boyond but two or tin i pi1 who are now old men We member i I the t boys of tho olu ilium rorpH In hits days that rite passed and gone 1 We hear I I their I mimic now mi more AH tune Is hurrying on We think I of their music they used to play In those happy days of joic Their llfes have been quiet for many a day And their drums are heard no inor > t Oh where are the boys of the old drum corps With their music rto thrilling and sweet They have pased from earth to a happier hap-pier shore Their loving friends to meet Arc they playing harps near the great White Throne ro the Masters listening ellr7 While he tenderly claims them as his own In a higher and bettor sphere Goodbye to you boys of the old drum corps Until we shall moot you again In a land where parting is no more Where theres neither tears nor pain We will march to your music and step to time As wo did In tho days gone by While our eyes shall look on scones sublime In that land beyond the sky GEORGE A HICKS n |
