Tunie: Secord's Warning

About

By Tanglefoot.

"Secord's Warning"

by Joe Grant and Steve Ritchie

Come all you brave young soldier lads

With your strong and manly bearing

I'll tell you a tale of a woman bold

And her deed of honest daring

Laura Secord was American-born

In the state of Massachusetts

But she made her home in Canada

And proved so faithful to us

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There's American guns and five hundred men

So the warning must be given

And Laura Ingersoll Secord was the stalwart heart

Who braved the heat and the flies and the swamp

To warn Colonel Fitzgibbon

There's soldiers pounding at the door

And they come from across the border

American officers march inside

It's food and drink they've ordered

In comfort they have dined and drunk

Their own success they've toasted

But they pay no heed to the woman who hears

Their plan so idly boasted

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"Oh, James I've overheard it all

A surprise attack they're making

Fitzgibbon they intend to smash

His men for prisoners taking

And James a warning never you'll take

With your wounded knee and shoulder

I myself must carry it past

The sentries and the soldiers."

Chorus

It's an all-day tramp to the British camp

By way of Shipman's Corners

There're snakes and flies and sweat in her eyes

There is no respite for her

She's lost her shoes in the muck of the bog

Her feet are torn and blistered

But there's many a soldier lad to be spared

If the message be delivered

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So all you Yankee soldier lads

Who dare to cross our border

Thinking to save us from ourselves

Usurping British order

There's women and men, Canadians all,

Of every rank and station

To stand on guard and keep us free

From Yankee domination

Chorus

There's American guns and 500 men

So the warning must be given

And Laura Ingersoll Secord was the stalwart heart

Who braved the heat and the flies and the swamp

To warn Colonel Fitzgibbon