Show I I Just Folks FEly F- F v By Ely Edgar A. A Guest 4 1 i THE FLAG Why do dove we ve have a flag asked she 1 The greatest question box box alive Astounding and perplexing me It f Although ough her er years are scarcely five I Why do we have a lag flag and andI I 1 I Had Hud never thought to wonder why At first said I when life began Then nothing very good was known The greatest was the strongest man 2 Youve You've seen fighting for a bone Well eU human beings just that way say Fought for their food from day to day I I IThen Then men began to think and see seeA I A way yay that led to better things s And little groups began to be he T They form formed d In tribes and chose their kings And to distinguish clan from cl clan The idea of a flag began Then one one flag meant we fight for land Another for this king well we'll die t And soldiers battled hand to hand I 1 To 10 keep their banner in the sky ky But flut in those ages long ago There was was was' v asso so uch ni-uch they couldn't know And many flags were ere trampled down For men to learn are very slow That love and truth support a cl crown crown wn Was Was something something that they didn't know And many bitter wars were fought To pave the theay way ay for nobler thought And now our flag is waving there thereTo To 10 tell the world that you ou and anti I And all OUt our neighbors everywhere Who Vho fling Old Glory to the sky Are members of ot that mighty clan Which seeks the betterment of manNow manNow manNow man Now when you see e it in the skies The red the white and starry blue Remember s it proudly flies Its It's really representing you Its It's telling to the world afar What kind of little girl you OU are Copyright 1927 1917 Edgar A. A Guest |