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O' Puppy said it all,
in "Hometown USA"
without the military,
where would we be today?
And to all who're out there helping,
we want to give a thanks,
a prayer goes up for each,
in every military rank...
England you're a friend,
how we respect your queen....
the hope and surety of victory
is like we've never seen...
Oh Australia..we do love you....
a friend you truly are....
to send your troops so willingly...
to travel from home so far.
the freedom that you're fighting for
comes with such a cost,
and we know deep in our heart
you would not want it lost.
For you have given all,
and All we give to you,
our true support of each,
and enough love to see you through.
Oh France with all your pastries
And perfumes for our store
With taste and smell now tainted
Won't be the same anymore
for Freedom rings for all,
here on this gusty plain...
and when all is said and done,
freedom will remain!!!!!!
Used With Permission.
Denise Lanford ~2003~
Pokeyofthecove@aol.com
Shadows
fall
upon
us
With
glitter
and
with
gleam
For
Veterans
united
Upon
the
earth
esteemed
Each
one
our
inspiration
For
love
that
they
did
give
With
honor
to
their
country
They
fought
so
we
could
live
Within
the
fields
of
battle
Upon
the
foreign
shores
Each
Veteran
remembered
With
honor
and
much
more
Such
glory
and
such
honor
Within
each
war
they
fought
Pride
we
feel
within
our
hearts
Such
sadness
for
those
lost
Flag
they
held
still
flying
With
dignity
so
blest
Our
heroes
of
the
many
wars
Have
given
all
their
best
Bow
your
heads
in
silence
For
those
who
are
not
here
Remember
all
those
living
Their
courage
we
revere.
~
Francine
Pucillo
İused
with
permission,
Oct.
20,
2002
(it
was
written
for
this page)
Read
more
of
her
poetry
here.
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Jerry Morris
Jerry Morris
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America the Beautiful
Written by: Katherine Lee Bates
O beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain!
America! America!
God shed His grace on thee,
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!
O beautiful for pilgrim feet
Whose stern impassion'd stress
A thorough fare for freedom beat
Across the wilderness.
America! America!
God mend thine ev'ry flaw,
Confirm thy soul in self-control,
Thy liberty in law.
O beautiful for heroes prov'd
In liberating strife,
Who more than self their country loved,
And mercy more than life.
America! America!
May God thy gold refine
Till all success be nobleness,
And ev'ry gain divine.
O beautiful for patriot dream
That sees beyond the years
Thine alabaster cities gleam
Undimmed by human tears.
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee,
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea.
Ragged Old Flag
I walked through a county courthouse square,
On a park bench an old man was sitting there.
I said, Your old courthouse is kinda run down.
He said, Naw, it'll do for our little town.
I said, Your flagpole has leaned a little bit,
And that's a Ragged Old Flag you got hanging on it.
He said, Have a seat, and I sat down.
Is this the first time you've been to our little town?
I said, I think it is. He said, I don't like to brag,
But we're kinda proud of that Ragged Old Flag.
You see, we got a little hole in that flag there
When Washington took it across the Delaware.
And it got a bad rip in New Orleans
With Packingham and Jackson tuggin' at its seams.
And it almost fell at the Alamo
Beside the Texas flag, but she waved on though.
She got cut with a sword at Chancellorsville
And she got cut again at Shiloh Hill.
There was Robert E. Lee, Beauregard, and Bragg,
And the south wind blew hard on that Ragged Old Flag.
On Flanders Field in World War I
She got a big hole from a Bertha gun.
She turned blood red in World War II
She hung limp and low a time or two.
She was in Korea and Vietnam.
She went where she was sent by her Uncle Sam.
She waved from our ships upon the briny foam,
And now they've about quit waving her back here at home.
In her own good land she's been abused --
She's been burned, dishonored, denied and refused.
And the government for which she stands
Is scandalized throughout the land.
And she's getting threadbare and wearing thin,
But she's in good shape for the shape she's in.
'Cause she's been through the fire before
And I believe she can take a whole lot more.
So we raise her up every morning, Take her down every night.
We don't let her touch the ground And we fold her up right.
On second thought I DO like to brag,
'Cause I'm mighty proud of that Ragged Old Flag.
Written by Johnny Cash
One nation
"UNDER GOD"
indivisible with liberty and justice for all.
Song by Jerry Morris
"America The Beautiful" performed by Jerry Morris
is used with permission and
is for your listening pleasure only.
İOct
18, 2002
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