The Custer Wail.

Dead! Where the bold and brave     Blend in one bloody grave;     Dead! With no coward clay     Weltering in gore that day.     Dead! Dead! Ah! - Dead to me.     Dead! With his boys in blue,     Baptized in bloody dew.     Dead! Where his enemy     Fled from his fearless eye.     Dead! Dead! Ah! - Dead to me.     Dead! Like a meteor,     Flashed o'er the field of war.     Dead! With immortal pride,     Glorious and glorified.     Dead! Dead! Ah! - Dead to me.     Dead! Where the captives sing     Saved by his rifle's ring.     Dead! Where the painted brave     Bled by his gory glaive.     Dead! Dead! Ah! - Dead to me.     Dead! Where the feathered game     Fell at his deadly aim.     Dead! Where the buffalo     Found him a gallant foe.     Dead! Dead! Ah! - Dead to me.     Dead! Where the prairie steed     Vainly exerts his speed.     Dead! Where the antlered stag     Dies on the dizzy crag.     Dead! Dead! Ah! - Dead to me.     Dead! Where the valleys sink     Low to the river's brink.     Dead! Where the mountains spring     Higher than eagle's wing.     Dead! Dead! Ah! - Dead to me.     Dead! Where the solar glows     Eastward and upward rose.     Dead! Where the evening's gold     Westward and downward rolled.     Dead! Dead! Ah! - Dead to me.     Dead! Where the streamy vales     Murmur their tender tales.     Dead! Where the ocean's roll     Sobs for the passing soul.     Dead! Dead! Ah! - Dead to me.     Dead! Where the thicket's throats     Mingle their million notes.     Dead! Where the forests dim     Tone their lone requiem.     Dead! Dead! Ah! - Dead to me.     Dead! Where the eagle's scream     Shortens the hunter's dream.     Dead! Where the nightingale     Trills out her lonely tale.     Dead! Dead! Ah! - Dead to me.     Dead! Where no maiden fair     Weaves with his waving hair.     Dead! Where no darling sips     Life from his loving lips.     Dead! Dead! Ah! - Dead to me.     Dead! Where no woman's breast,     Robbed of her love and rest,     Flower with a fading leaf,     Sinks in her silent grief.     Dead! Dead! Ah! - Dead to me.     Dead! Nevermore to be.     Dead! Nevermore to be.     Dead! Evermore to me.     Dead! Evermore to me.     Dead! Dead! Ah! - Dead to ME!