Ballad of General Shields Songtext

von Derek Warfield

Draw near o bold defenders of every race and kind and give birth to these few verses i here by put in rime concerning a brave warrior who fought on many a field a lion heart ...
His name was general shields.
He migrated to America when just sixteen years old about his adopted country he fought vigorously and bold.
He proved the loyal citizen as history relates.
About many a hard battles for the United states.
A Hercules and intellect a bone a part and skill a Hector on the warpath a Hannibal and Will.
With Alexanders valor and with spartan bloke and toil he vanquished Stonewall Jackson on old Virginia soil.
He fought an ancient boredom and in the field likewise and has looked for truth and honor he never did disguise.
If the enemies are ... he struck a manly blow and he raised the stary banner on the heights of Mexico.
He challenged mister Lincoln in 1842
And he showed the western ... what an Irishman can do.
He caused poor ... to tremble.
And when the duel was over, brave Shields and honest Lincoln they where friends forever more.
An Hercules an intellect a bone a part and skill a Hector on the warpath a Hannibal and Will, with Alexanders valor and with spartan bloke and toil he vanquished Stonewall Jackson on old Virginia soil.
Descended from the noble stock of Irelands glorious kings his Irish