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Thread #38359   Message #538721
Posted By: Metchosin
31-Aug-01 - 01:04 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Farewell to the Mountains (Davy Crockett)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Farewell by Davy Crockett
found a bit more of the poem, but oddly, not the whole thing

"Farewell to my country, I fought for thee well.
When the savage rushed forth like the demons from hell.
In peace or in war I have stood by their side.
My country for thee I have lived--and would have died.
But I am cast off, my career now is run
And I wander abroad like the prodigal son,
Where the wild savage roves, and the broad prairies spread,
The fallen--despised--will again "go ahead."