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Do You Remember Elmer Ellsworth?

from Footnote 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 it
he saw the colors from the window
the enemy flag put on a free show
he led a march through the front door
because he couldn't let it, he couldn't let it fly

he ripped the flag from the flagpole
one month after turning twenty four
if you have your faith at the right time
then you won't regret it, you won't regret it
on the way out the front door
he became the face of a new war
one to the chest and he went down
he died in a minute, the first minute

the first of many to make that fall
the first of many to answer the call
the first of many to make that fall
the first of many to answer the call

word got out and spread fast
there was a battle cry at last
shot down in cold blood
they won't stand it, they were ready
when the president sat down
he knew how to make a mother proud
wrote a letter with his own hand
he addressed it, then he sent it off

the first of many to make that fall
the first of many to answer the call
the first of many to make that fall
the first of many to answer the call

do you remember elmer ellsworth?
he met his maker in the first verse
of an epic battle that we pass down/on
so we don't forget it, won't forget it
a funeral in the white house
in the east room he drew a big crowd
his name was shouted out loud
so we won't forget it, we won't forget him

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from Footnote, released March 1, 2015

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