Charlie Zahm "Blacksmith of Brandywine"

Celtic singer Charlie Zahm is based in Pennsylvania and may be reached at www.charliezahm... for more information. Here he performs a set of Americana music at the Gloucester County Library in Mullica Hill, NJ.
THE BLACKSMITH OF BRANDYWINE
Pat Garvey
As we marched into Brandywine, it was a sight to see:
A giant of a man with a hammer in his hand beneath the old oak tree,
And all around him on the ground, in fatal disarray,
Lay a score of men who'll never fight again, or travel on the King's highway.
We dug his grave, covered him o'er, and sadly wept a tear,
Spent the day ridin' on our way till we met with a musketeer.
From him we learned the story of a brave and angry man,
Who undertook to the British enemy with a hammer in his hand.
Make it one! For Washington and all his gallant men,
One for the girl that once was mine;
Make it one! For the darling boy I'll never see again,
And don't forget the Blacksmith of Brandywine!
In Chestertown there lived a man away from the cannon's roar.
Of manner mild, his woman and child, no man could ever love more;
But the Tories spoke of a plot one day to waylay Washington,
And he left his home and family alone. To the general he did run.
His errand done, he journeyed home but sorrow there he found.
By British guns his wife and son lay still on the cold hard ground.
The blacksmith reached for his heavy sledge and he gave a practice swing,
And they say on the line at Brandywine, you could hear that hammer sing.
Make it one! For Washington and all his gallant men,
One for the girl that once was mine;
Make it one! For the darling boy I'll never see again,
And don't forget the Blacksmith of Brandywine!

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I want a movie about this song. It would be an epic.

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Love this song!

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Awesome song!

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Huzza for old Pennsylvania!