09-27-2016, 07:11 AM
#5
minstrel boy
He traded his gun for an old guitar
(he knew he couldn’t kill)
they forced him to march in the one by one
to submit to the officers' will
and he swallowed his protest and stayed in line
answered the call, did the drill
but on the red day when the blood ran down
when the bullets flew fast and shrill
he stood his ground and played a tune
defiantly peacefully still
so he died in the fray with his old guitar
a song for his girl in his will
minstrel boy
He traded his gun for an old guitar
(he knew he couldn’t kill)
they forced him to march in the one by one
to submit to the officers' will
and he swallowed his protest and stayed in line
answered the call, did the drill
but on the red day when the blood ran down
when the bullets flew fast and shrill
he stood his ground and played a tune
defiantly peacefully still
so he died in the fray with his old guitar
a song for his girl in his will
The Soufflé isn’t the soufflé; the soufflé is the recipe. --Clara