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September 1814, on the waves of
Lake Champlain
Commodore Thomas Macdonough took a
victory sail to fame
...and after
the fight of his life,
our hero wrote home to his wife...
"Dear Lucy, now it's over, and this
crazy rage is done
I'll soon be sailing back to you,
dear Lucy, we have won
But all my friends and all my foes
are bruised and battered men
Dear Lucy, now I pray for those
who'll not come home again
No disrespect to my defeated
enemy...
May God give peace to
Captain Downie's soul
But stars and stripes forever fly
in
Plattsburgh
Dear Lucy, may this pride forever
grow
Dear Lucy, now I'm weary of the
living hell of war
Lucy, I can't wait to feel your
loving arms once more
I see the tide of freedom on that
sunny Champlain shore
Dear Lucy, we must not forget the
cause we're fighting for
No disrespect to my defeated
enemy...
May God give peace to Captain
Downie's soul
But stars and stripes forever fly
in Plattsburgh
Dear Lucy, may this pride forever
grow
Oh, stars and stripes forever fly
in Plattsburgh
Dear Lucy, may this pride forever
grow... my dear Lucy"
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