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Show Those Rocky-mountain heroes, The noble mountaineers, God crown their hoary head with Peace Soothe their declining years; The valiant old ve terans of Utah. Fifty years have lapsed and vanish'd When nij?h Com.cU Bluffs was seen, A weary Rnv! of Pilgrims, with all thffir :np io itinci, Their eyes uvr.? iroking westward . For? hr.vin yet unseen, ! As.th.ey' ' re inarching to Utah. O'er trackless wilds, and sagebrush, O'er many a turbid stream, Throuhg wild and somber Canyons now. Where locomotives scream; With wcarv iimls and bleeding feet, They urged rKdr jaded teams, , Asjlhey camt; 'r.arching; to Utah. Their sufferji.s arid hardships. ' Time will not let me call, Of stampedeV, r'idmg Indians, The r horrir! mi dnight yell The sad and hnK'y funerals, , ! .Without the dire.of Bell, , As they cautc marching to Utah. With faces pinched by hunger. They trod th'j desert wilds. The famishe d Mother failing. To' nurse lier new born child Yet midst tin s m re privations, God looked on them and smiled, As they came marching to Utah. The Race oft fails the fleetest, . The Battle 'Shim's "the strong: Yet faith and courage, ne'er forsook Their Leader, Brigham Young, Whose Kindly words of counsel, Each day -led them along As they cann: marching to Utah. Yes like their Pilgrim Fathers, They bowed the knee in prayer; Gave. thanks to God Almighty, ' ! For iTis Kind and loving care. Their Vespers" then through tented camp. . Made music in the air. As they came marching to Utah At length they reached the Valley, The Haven of their rest; With Lake of briny waters, Resplendent in the west; On Ensign's Peak they planted Our Nation's noble crest, A a they came marching to Utah. Behold! what fifty years hath wrought, Its writ on Hisfry's page; . The land subdued, rich mines unearth'd. The wonders of the age Farms, Orchards, Homes, and ' Vineyards, Where once grew Plains of Sage-And Sage-And to. day there's rejoiceing in Utah. . On these silvery headed Veterans. Let the Laurel Chaplet rest, A Lion heart Regalia; Adorn each veteran's breast: ' To God be all the glory-Inscribed glory-Inscribed upon the crests, Of these grand old Founders oi Utah. Yea, let the graven motto, , Of a glorous setting Sun! Be blazon'd on their coat of arms Emblem, of victory won, Surmounted by th' "All seeing eye' Enshrineing Alter Throne, Pioneer escutcheon of Utah. C. L. Walker. PIONEER JUBILEE SOHC. Dedicated (o the firet settlers of Utah. San- at the Celebration of 24th of July, 1807, St. George, Utab. Rejoice ye young and aged, Rejoice throughout the State; Give thanks to God Almighty For the day we celebrate, Let joyous sounds of gladness All nature permeate, Shout, shout, with music for Utah. Chorus: Hurrah, hurrah, for Utah's PioneresJ |