A Ford and a Lincoln



Today is the day when we celebrate a fine president

Who revolutionized a country with a new precedent

Stating it was against the laws of country and humanity

To enslave others and keep them bound and thus unfree 



To do whatever they wanted to survive in a land of plenty

So he decreed they had the right to seek their own destiny

Causing the country to come apart into sections of three

Those who supported his stand, forming the Union free 



Whilst others who held onto the notion slavery just had to be  

Formed the much greater mass known as the Confederacy

And the third part was formed loosely in the West by those

Who tended to have no stand, making them numb to throws



Of barbs from people of both sides, so they stayed neutral

As two halves of the country fought battles in states central

To the east coast - Georgia, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland

Both sides fighting for the principles upon which they stand



And four years later, after the whole thing was practically over

A crazed Confederate actor at Ford's Theatre came out of cover

Shooting to death a fine president who had just wanted the best

- Equality for all - regardless of the color with which blessed ...



- Tristram



Christopher W. Thomas

3:27pm Thurs. Feb.12th, 1998



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