Byrd From West Virginia

Byrd from West Virginia Byrd from West Virginia Byrd from West Virginia Senator Byrd Ooh Born in Carolina to a family of miners The flu of 1918 took his mother away Couldn't go to college it was the depths of the Depression The valedictorian pumped gasoline instead Ooohh He found himself a sweetheart in Erma Ora James The Coal miners daughter with the odd middle name He labored in the shipyards during World War II Welding Liberties and Victories for me and for you Byrd from West Virginia Byrd from West Virginia Byrd from West Virginia Senator Byrd Ooh He burned the cross of Jesus in the West Virginia night The darkness of America blinded his sight Baptized in the blood of our national sin The Ghosts of the Conquest rise again and again Ooohh As a young man in Congress he studied law at night For ten long years, he burned a different light Presented with his J.D. by John Fitzgerald Kennedy Just before the young president was escorted into history Byrd from West Virginia Byrd from West Virginia Byrd from West Virginia Senator Byrd Ooh Fifty years in Washington just passed before his eyes The building of the empire, its burdens and delights Did the suffering of the world or the folly of the day Change a stubborn old heart to see a better way? Oohh And when a reckless new President came calling for war Old Bird from West Virginia Sang out the score: "The doctrine of pre-emption is radical and deadly" Who will sing the song when the bird flies away Vanished o'er the hillside at the end of the day Byrd from West Virginia Byrd from West Virginia Byrd from West Virginia Senator Byrd Ooh A lone voice a cryin A lone voice a cryin A lone voice a cryin Senator Byrd Ooh Senator Byrd