Grandpappy Herman
I stood upon the sprawling lawns
Where tombstones tarry still
A fort named after William Starke
Gramps' boneyard on the hill
The rifle shots rang out three times
Jets thundered overhead
A folded flag and sonic booms
To eulogize the dead
Grandpappy Herman laid to rest
One fireman's life extolled
His place among the Rosecrans graves
Where boyhood tears once rolled
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