ballad.txt

Posted:  10/5/96


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        The following poem was read by A CIRCLE OF SISTERS/A CIRCLE
         OF FRIENDS during their Candlelight Ceremony at The Wall,
           Washington, D.C., on November 10, 1993 - Pam Young
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			BALLAD OF A WOMAN VETERAN


                            I was a soldier,
			a fighter tried and true.
			You may not remember me,
			but I went there for you.

			I had my share of combat;
			I saw the blood and gore.
			But somehow I am forgotten
                      when they tell about that War.

                    They say we weren't real soldiers
                    even though our blood was spilled.
                      They forget about our wounded,
                      They forget about our killed.

                  Some say that we just partied there,
                      And enjoyed that deadly tour.
                    How I resent those lies about me
                     When they tell about that War.

			I'm a woman and a veteran,
			I say it with great pride;
                       Having given of my very best
                       There is nothing I need hide.

                      And now I have the right to ask
                       That the burden that we bore,
                           Always be remembered
                       When they tell about that War.


				--  Frances Warman



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