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Jan-15-2004 » Filed Under: Tributes

Here's a poem by Robert Gall that was sent to me by Kattarina. Enjoy.

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Women and Whiskey and War

They are trying to gentle the gender,
To civilize Western man.
They think that your thoughts are too dirty –
Not to mention your heart and your hands.

They bid us to banish our weapons,
For bravery is ‘macho’ they say.
We must learn that weeping’s not weakness,
And put it on public display.

They know not of weeping that’s private,
They know not how our hearts can break.
They think that a soldier’s not human –
The arrogance of the mistake!

Let us charge our glasses for drinking
A dram for our friends in the Corps,
A toast to a life worth the living –
To women and whiskey and war.

Not for women to serve as our playmates,
But partners to stand at our side,
Our equals under the heavens,
And first in our hearts and our pride.

Not whiskey to burn out the senses,
But a dram of fine Highland malt
To share with our friends over stories
And to ease the pain of our faults.

Not war as a game for the sadist,
But honor for men who would fight,
Refuse acquiescence to slavery
And lay down their lives for the Right!

They are trying to gentle the gender,
But there are wolves in the world,
And who will answer the summons
When a Fuhrer’s next flag is unfurled?

They are trying to gentle the gender,
But when the old wolf’s at the door,
They will beg for men who are living
For women and whiskey and war!

Robert A. Gall, Scottish-American Military Society



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