What do you think?
Ride, ride, though the night be cold,
Ride, ride, 'til the truth be told,
Ride, ride, like that man of old;
Ride like Paul Revere.
In '75 upon an April night,
The air was chilly and the moon shown bright;
They rowed him past the man-of-war
And landed on the Charlestown shore,
Where the finest steed was ready for
The ride of Paul Revere.
He knew the British had the road patrolled,
Set out for Cambridge with a spirit bold;
He met two Regulars face-to-face,
Turned about at a lightning pace,
Until those men gave up the chase,
And on rode Paul Revere.
Arrived Medford Town at 12 o'clock
And there alerted Adams and Hancock,
Ev'ry house, didn't miss a one,
Was aroused on that midnight run,
All the way to Lexington,
On the ride of Paul Revere.
I wonder if, 200 years ahead,
If you'll awake or if you'll stay in bed;
When faith and freedom within you die
And then you hear the midnight cry,
And hoofbeats cross the moonlight sky,
Will you ride with Paul Revere?
Ride, ride, though the night be cold,
Ride, ride, 'til the truth be told,
Ride, ride, like that man of old,
Will you ride with Paul Revere?
We will all comply, eventually. There will be pockets of resistance, but the fact is, somehow we believe we have more to lose than the Founders. Somehow, we’re “better”. The Founders would have stood up long ago. We have soiled the legacy they left for us, because to do anything less would put our jobs, mortgages, cars & toys, big screen TV’s, sports and booze all at risk. Chances are, if we acted as the Founders did, we would quickly lose all of it. This is why we accept what is happening in Washington - why we continue to CONSENT.
In 1774 one lot of my 5th great grandparents were living in Mehoopany, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania...
another lot were at “Half Moon” in Albany, NY...