Show FLAG FOR FOB TROOPERS the cheyenne tribune publishes the poetic tribute on the presen tation by wyoming utah colorado and nevada women to the torrey trotters of a beautiful flag the lines being written by L R tyson take thy banner soldier true vake take this flag red white and blue and shall be your goal and its stripes unroll VJ eadom written on its scroll there ere will breathe the nations soul vake take thy banner soldier true glorious flag red white and blue take thy banner warrior brave may this emblem wave may its constellations shine lake an aureole divine may its folds and stripes s entwine each a benison benign op orious banner of the tree free flag ot of liberty take this beauteous banner then staunch and true wyon Wyo tings men may its triple colors keep f watch 0 oer I 1 er fields which wax war w IM reap may it solace those who weep oer the graves where homes heroes sleep diard Cr this sacred emblem well fraught with freedoms hollest ho liest spell amen you hear the cannons roar max aissa on some friendless foreign shore ty waxen on beneath the battles smoke y and its fumes your senses choke sr anen en wars evoke craca ot steel and saber stroke plant a old glory on an the field fe va men or of aws who never yield when the warring fife and drum w I 1 dmd the conquering heroes come M who me the bugles clarion tone jungs across the torrid zone feair the spaniard from his throne ve fair cuba to her own va f r cuba id abre ubre bre ever free k its center to the e sea 1 upon the thousands aads slain ayton 4 ying slow glow with lingering pain ital bink upon the thousands dead I 1 perishing for want of bread vhf tb tyrants robe of red ayed d aher countless heroes bled sead ad their only onay covering e shadow of the vultures wing fT k how they were made to kneel ky tso the spanish yoke of steel saw was as reared the crimson crest av ver or the lowly and oppressed af f over aver wrongs yet gover crimes yet oer cruelties cruel ties unknown ayo for a fiend to own p hocq ho fathers plead in vain sto the de poin lords of spain E estai ith lowly mein and tearful eyes mother walls and childrens cries c upon their ml miseries series otheir agonies ul upon pon these thousands still gm rs to a despots will adill when you have thought of these r you cross the southern seas T slink where our dead heroes lie sy here re the harbors tide swirls by the torrid tropic sky eky iladee a aloft of your battle cry Ti Sien you meet the hordes of spain abet your war cry be the maine J every bridle rein MM from rn broad Wyo plain then with dauntless fleshing flashing eye gotee your gleaming blades on an high ase aloft your battle cry old glory to the sky ll 11 uke the whirlwind of the plain charge Oh arge the dastard hordes of spain the ranks of brou prou proud castile a e abet their air hordes our vengeance feel stat them shot and give them shell fae and canister as well jaee ivae detonations deto dato nations no swell oa ditth ath the wyoming yell give them thunderbolts of war forged of old odd by ancient thor bear old glory in the van heart of heart and man of man charge like eagles in their flight charge like meteors at night charge like shafts of light charge tin till you have won the fight let your flashing sabers mow swaths throughout gout the serried foe through wars sulphurous canopy bear this flag of liberty charge like from the clouds charge with battle thunders loud cover battalions proud with ted red wars ensanguined shroud men from broad Wyo plain strike till all our foes are slain raise the banner of the free oer the land and oer the sea plant the seeds of freedom there nurture them with kenderest ten derest care till their twining tendrils tend nils bear freedoms full blown flowerets flow erets fair till they bloom from year to year oer all the western hemisphere and when wars deep thunders roar over vales valee and hills no more and when liberty and right triumph over oer the powers of might and when freedoms robe ot of white gleams from out oppressions oppress ions night and when pearly pinioned peace bids the wars red carnage cease bring this banner back again brave and true wyoming men pure unsullied by a shame bright untarnished by a blame that might cause a sold soldiers ders name to mar the monolith of fame bring thy banner back again honored by Wyo men |