The Union Blue

 

 

 

The call went out from Lincoln

For men able, strong, and true

To rally around the stars, and strips

To wear to union blue

 

The answer came by the thousands

Men both young, and old

They came to save their young nation

These men so brave, and bold

 

They left behind their loved ones

It seemed the right thing for them to do

No matter their creed or colour

They all wore the union blue

 

The southern wind was blowing hard

And death rode with that wind

But the north would rise to meet it

There would be one nation yet again

 

The south would have her victories

For her grey clad sons would fight hard too

But in the end they would be washed away

By a sea of union Blue

 

Though time has taken all of those

Who fought this war so long ago

The memories of it still haunt us

For its wounds have healed slow

 

That we today stand as one united

Is a fact we all see is true

We owe it to those men of long ago

Who wore the union blue

 

The Poet W. L. Kite

 

©Copyright of W. L. Kite

2/16/2002