Show the swords of grant and lee methinks tonight I 1 catch ft gleam of steel among the pines and yonder by the filled stream reposo s a the flemens fo emens lines the gi lo 10 anent st y guards who pace the ground A mo moment stop to see if all la safe bafo and still around the tents of grant and lee tin till but a dream no armies camp where once their bay bauneta ba yneta nets shone and fi keepers espers calm and lovely lamp shines on the dead alone A cricket chirps on yonder rise beneath the cedar tree where glinted neath the summer skies the swords awards of grant 3 rant and lee forever sheathed those famous blades that led the eagerly ea gervan ani they shine no more among the glades blades that fringe the Ra rapidan Hapl dan today their battle work Is done go draw them forth and see that not a stain appears upon the swords of grant and leo the gallant men who saw them flash in comradeship today recall the wild impetuous dash of vairous val rous blue and gray and neath the hag flag that proudly waves above a nation free they oft recall the missing braves who fought with grant and lee slumber mong the tender grass th they slumber neath the pines T hex ro camping in the mountain pass where crouched the serried lines they rest whore where loud the tempests blow destructive in their glee the men who followed long ago the swords awards of grant and lee their graves are lying side by side whom ono arlod they met as aa toes foes and where they in the wildwood died springs sprigs up a blood red rose oer er them the bee on golden wing doth hit flit and in yon tree A gentle robin seems to sins sing to them of grunt grant and lee i i today no strife of 0 sections rise today no shadows fall upon our land and neath the skies one nag flag waves over all alii the E blue I 1 u a and nd gray as comrades stand eland As aa comrades bend the knee and abik clod gods blessing 0 on n the land that gave u us grant and lee flo bo long as southward wide and clear Poto macs river runs their deeds will live because they were columbian Colum bias brave sons so bo long as bend the northern pines and blooms the orange tree the swords will shine that led the lines of valiant grant and lee I 1 hear a bugle blow methinks I 1 hear a drum and there with martial step and slow two ghostly armies come they are the men that met as foes for the dead I 1 see and side by side in pence peace repose the swords of grant and lee above them let old glory wave and lot let each deathless star forever shine upon the brave who led the ranks of war their fame resounds from coast to coast from mountain top to sea no othet other land than ours can boast the of grant and lee author unknown |