Show BUTCH O'HARE lights went out and then he was gone From From a fellow filers Hier's story of the death of Com Corn Eddie Then he was gone The kid who in that day When fright was in our eyes So clearly showed the way I This Irish lad Who Vho in those first dark hours Of our new war wr So stirred these hearts of ours I IThen Then he was gone This lad with set deep-set eyes Who when the chips were down So terrorized far skies sides Who in green days When none of us could tell How brave our youngsters were Had flashed the All is well This Butch O'Hare Whose name could stir your sou soul And speed your pulse And make your past unroll t Then he was gone A red gull in the dark dark dark- The bucko with the stuff stuff stuff- The courage red and stark Then IThen he was gone This ripping tearing ace The silent one Who put em in their place Whose feat of five-a-day five In wars war's first hour Had symbolized our guts And socking Then he was gone The slashing slamming guy guy guy- The Socko Kid Kid The liThe King Hawk of the sky sky The kind we have Thank God in days of dread To take the torch For our heroic dead I Peace to you Butch There in some distant blue With all aU who kept our faith The Christian and the Jew Now have you joined Our hosts who knew no fear Paul Jones and Nathan Hale And Lawrence and Revere |