Dear CMH,

It seems rather fitting that this is Memorial Day here in the USA. Many of us then alive hated to see Robert Kennedy pick up the torch where his brother had put it down. It seemed to be tempting fate.

There is a photo I took of Robert Kennedy and his wife Ethel campaigning in the town of Newport, Oregon in the primary -- 1968--on the site with all my other mostly folk scene photos I've taken over the last four decades. Go to:

http://rudegnu.com/art_thieme.html

The song you are looking for actually was written by Tom Paxton. It is called

WELL THEN, LAY YOU DOWN

Ah, you knew it had to come,
One more day of muffled drums,
You knew it, ah, you had to know,
And still your courage told you, "Go."

(chorus)
Well then, lay you down,
On your hillside by the town,
Some will say farewell, they will,
I think that heart is beating still.

Ah, you knew how this would end,
You made the friendless man your friend,
We knew the danger and told you so,
And still your courage told you, "Go."

Now they've wrapped the train in black,
Gathered along the railroad track,
You knew it, ah, you had to know,
And still your courage told you, "Go."

When the truly brave man dies,
Thousands more will surely rise,
You knew it, ah, you had to know,
Their courage too will tell them, "Go."


(Art Thieme