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Do You Remember Elmer Ellsworth?

from Songs About Lincoln by Adam Tressler

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Do you remember Elmer Ellsworth?
He met his maker in the first verse
Of an epic battle that we pass on
So we don't forget it, we won't forget him
Young friend of the President,
The colonel of a regiment,
He looked good in uniform
Pretty impressive for 24

Do you remember Elmer Ellsworth?

Early days in a new war
He led a march to the top floor
A Rebek flag on a flagpole
He couldn’t stand it, couldn’t let it fly
But on the way out someone was standing ready with a shotgun
One to the chest, lights out,
He died in a minute, the first minute

The 1st death in the civil war
But there would be many, so many more
From the beginning the war hit close to home
The first death hit Lincoln harder than most

Do you remember Elmer Ellsworth?
Make a battle cry from the words
Cut down in cold blood
He set an example for them to follow
A day later Lincoln sat down
Abe knew how to make a mother proud
From the White House with his own hand
He addressed it, sent it off

“My dear Sir and Madam, In the untimely loss of your noble son, our affliction here, is scarcely less than your own. So much of promised usefulness to one's country has rarely been so suddenly dashed, as in his fall.

My acquaintance with him began less than two years ago; and was as intimate as the disparity of our ages, and my engagements, would permit. I never heard him utter a profane word. he never forgot his parents.

In the hope that it may be no intrusion upon the sacredness of your sorrow, I have ventured to address you this tribute to the memory of my young friend, and your brave and early fallen child.
Yours,
Abraham Lincoln”

Do you remember Elmer Ellsworth?
He met his maker in the first verse
Of an epic battle that we pass on
So we don't forget it, we won't forget him
A funeral in the White House
The First Family among the crowd
One name, cried out,
We will remember Elmer Ellsworth?
Do you remember Elmer Ellsworth?

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from Songs About Lincoln, released October 24, 2023

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