15

The Hero of Monterey.

AIR — A White Sheet and a Flowing Sea.

Old Taylor is a Hero brave,
A Patriot and Sage;
His services his country gave,
When battle fierce did rage;
He flew unto the frontier wild,
And watched both night and day,
To guard from scalping-knife the child,
The Hero of Monterey.
The Hero of Monterey, my boys,
The Hero of Monterey;
He saved from scalping knife the child,
The Hero of Monterey.

Fort Harrison he did defend,
Against a savage crew;
As fiendish yells the air did rend,
And bullets thickly flew.
He firmly stood and calmly smiled,
When at the dawn of day,
He saved from scalping-knife the child,
The Hero of Monterey.
The Hero, &c.

In Black Hawk war, we next him see;
The Hero in command —
From swamp to swamp, and tree to tree,
He drives the savage band,
And there, amid the forest wild,
Their bravest warriors slay;
And saved from scalping-knife the child,
The Hero of Monterey.
The Hero &c.

To southern climes he next does go
By government command,
To meet a fierce and bloody foe,
With his heroic band.

16

From hammock dark, the savage wild.
He drove from Florida;
And saved from scalping-knife the child,
The Hero of Monterey.
The Hero, &c.

'Bout Mexico I cannot tell,
The story is too long;
How many foes before him fell,
Old Zachary the strong.
Ampudia strong, and ranchos wild
He drove from day to day,
And saved from scalping-knife the child,
The Hero of Monterey
The Hero, &c.