| Show I I INS DAN'S s 's HII Up from time the south at break renk of or day lay Bringing to Winchester fresh freh dismay rhe The air with wih a shu shudder ld r bore bre breLIe Like LIe door a n oo herald r In haste to the chieftains chieftain's The ruble it-ruble grumble and and roar Tolling TellIng the on once more moore And AmI Sheridan twenty mie miles awn away A And Antl ni wither wider still sti those billows blows of or war wr Thundered along alon the horizons horizon's bar And Ami louder louer yet l into Winchester rolled roiled The roar o of that red rel 8 sea st-a a uncontrolled Making the blood bloot of or the time listener cold cohl As h he lie thol thought ht of or the stake In lieU thal fiery er CrAnt fray fray fray- Cr- Cr And Ant Sheridan twenty miles mUes awn away But Dut there thEre Is a road roat front from Winchester town A good broad highway a leading down And nt there through the flush o of the mornIng mornIng mornIng morn- morn Ing light lightA A steed as aa black as the steeds of or nl night ht Was Vas seen to pass as with wih eagle flight As If I he knew the terrible need He lie stretched awa away with with his hh utmost speed cd huts Hills His rose and fell fel but his heart hart Wi was pay gay gay- With Sheridan fifteen mIles away Still sprung from those swift swu hoofs thundering thun dering south The Time dust like Iko the smoke from rom tho time cannons cannons cannon's cannons cannon's can can- non's mouth Or the time tall tal of or a comet sweeping faster and Ind faster Foreboding to traitors the doom oC or ills ills- aster oster The heart of tile the tle steed and Ih the heart orthe of or the master Were beating like Ikc prisoners assaulting their walls Impatient to be where the tIme battlefield calls cals Ever 11 nerve ve of the charger was strained to 0 full ful play lay lay- With 11 Sheridan ani only ten miles mies away wa Un Under r his spurning feet fee time the thE road Dice Elke an arow Alpine river flowed And intI Ant landscape sped pell own away behind Lk Like an ocean flying before the wind And th time the steed eed I like the bark fed eu II with furnace fut fur nace fre fire Swept on with wih his wild e eye oye full ful of or fire r But lo io he is nearing his hearts heart's desire He Is snuffing the time smoke moke of oC the roaring fray fray Cray With Wih Sheridan only five miles mies away The first that the Ger General saw were time the groups Of or anti ami then the stragglers t troops then retreating What was done what done what to do do-a do lo-a lo a glance told tolt him both both And Ant striking his spurs with a terrible on oath t h He lie dashed down tho time line lne mid a storm of or h I And AmI the time wave of retreat checked Is Us its course there because lecause The TIme sight of or the m master compelled It I to topa pa pause use With Wih foam loam and with wih dust the black chrs charger r was gray ra By fly the flash fash of oC his eye eo and hl his roil red nostrils nostril's nos nos- rel tris pla j He lie Il seemed semel to to- to the tho whole great great army array to toa payI say pay a I I have brot brought h you Sheridan all oi the way From Winchester down to save the da day Hurrah Hurrah for Sheridan nn Hurrah Hurrah for horse hone and man And Anti when their statues are ar placed on hl high h Under the time dome of the Union sky sk- sk The American soldiers' soldiers T Temple of or Fame Fame- are There Then with the glorious generals general's name minnie Be It said In letters both bold 1011 and bright Here Her Is tho the steed steN that saved avet the day B By carrying Sheridan Into the right fight From from Winchester tw twenty nt miles mies awa away Thola Thomas Buchanan Buchman Reed |
