Ballads of Battle/The Drum
THE DRUM
"Come to me and I will give you flesh."Old Pibrochadh.
Come!Says the drum;Though graves be hollow,Yet follow, follow:Come!Says the drum.
Life!Shrills the fife,Is in strife—Leave love and wife:Come!Says the drum.
Ripe!Screams the pipe,Is the field—Swords and not sickles wield:Come!Says the drum.
The drumSays, Come!Though graves be hollow,Yet follow, follow:Come!Says the drum.