A Canon's Roar

With a mounting flurry
And the flash of powder
Hear the canons roar

When the lights do dim
At the Captain’s whim
Hear the canons roar

What say you dear?
What for you fear?
The sound of a canons roar

So take thy gun,
Shoot man and son
Hear the canons roar

And at battle’s end
The enemy dead
Will all lay dying and proud

A canon shot
Has felled their lot
And how they lay dying and proud

So take due glory
Re-tell this story
But do remember the ode:

Though their bodies be still
Their heads are filled
With the sound of a canons roar