Byrd From West Virginia

Byrd from West Virginia
Byrd from West Virginia
Byrd from West Virginia
Senator Byrd
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Born in Carolina to a family of miners
The flu of 1918 took his mother away
Couldn’t go to college it was the depths of the Depression
The valedictorian pumped gasoline instead
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He found himself a sweetheart in Erma Ora James
The Coal miners daughter with the odd middle name
He labored in the shipyards during World War II
Welding Liberties and Victories for me and for you
Byrd from West Virginia
Byrd from West Virginia
Byrd from West Virginia
Senator Byrd
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He burned the cross of Jesus in the West Virginia night
The darkness of America blinded his sight
Baptized in the blood of our national sin
The Ghosts of the Conquest rise again and again
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As a young man in Congress he studied law at night
For ten long years, he burned a different light
Presented with his J.D. by John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Just before the young president was escorted into history
Byrd from West Virginia
Byrd from West Virginia
Byrd from West Virginia
Senator Byrd
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Fifty years in Washington just passed before his eyes
The building of the empire, its burdens and delights
Did the suffering of the world or the folly of the day
Change a stubborn old heart to see a better way?
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And when a reckless new President came calling for war
Old Bird from West Virginia
Sang out the score:
«The doctrine of pre-emption is radical and deadly»
Who will sing the song when the bird flies away
Vanished o’er the hillside at the end of the day
Byrd from West Virginia
Byrd from West Virginia
Byrd from West Virginia
Senator Byrd
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A lone voice a cryin
A lone voice a cryin
A lone voice a cryin
Senator Byrd
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Senator Byrd