Show r I I J i BY THEIR FRUITS FUITS j Of that new city of the Southwest plain I Whose name Invokes an sweet earthy-sweet aroma b Of or Red ned Mens Men's s song and legend and whose strain I i. i 4 J f The modern white Intones as Ol ma la i Of Ot that fair town Is born a gracious thought I i I iJ I 3 For Tor every fallen soldier who has fought r. Or served in any way to hold us free tree I Jf A We Ve plant and name for him a tree r I r How better could their memory live again agam t Among our childrens children's children who shall know kt A tree as Comrade Tom or Playmate Ben Who Vho died for them because he loved them therm so so R r d. d i And nd General John shall hold them high In n air 4 f 1 And Private Joe shall shelter them with care U x 9 j And those who listen well shall hear the tho trie speech t. t Of trusty tree-men tree whispering each to J y i When wars have ceased for which we work and and pray 1 r r c t 4 1 i When men no longer clash in bloody strife strite r The he soldier whom we weep as dead today 1 Shall smile upon us in resurgent life 1 1 1 Shall in the spring shall fruit in fall faIl r- r t Or even tho His Tree bear not at all r 1 r The rhe earth he helped to save shall warm those roots i And on the barest branch brand find fragrant fruits r right I 1918 1818 lIS Newspaper Enterprise Association |