Songs of the Mississippi (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Excerpt from Songs of the Mississippi

Desoto sleeps on in my bosom. In my cold arms, his ashes are bound. He slumbers in peace neath the waters His bold restless spirit once found. The French trader welcomed the red man, While the Englishman fought the wild brave, And made of his forest crowned empire A land where his own flag could wave.

And then rose a world dazzling nation Whose banner unfurled o'er the free, Whose East border kissed the Atlantic And spread to the Western sea.

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