Abe and Benito

ABE AND BENITO

 

OF ALL THE REAL AMERICANS, NO ONE HAS GAINED MORE FAME

THAN TWO OF OUR GREAT GIANTS, WHOSE LIFE GOALS WERE THE SAME

ALTHOUGH ONE CROSSED THE RIO GRANDE, THESE TWO MEN NEVER MET

FOR LADY LUCK HAD INTERFERED AND THEIR FATE HAD BEEN SET

 

THEIR NATIONS TORN ASUNDER BY THEIR OWN PEOPLE’S DISCORD

LINCOLN WAS WORRIED THAT THE SOUTH WOULD BREAK AWAY FROM THE NORTH

WHILE THE CONQUEST OF MEXICO THE FRENCH HAD BOLDLY PLANNED

FOR LOUIS NAPOLEON WAS SURE HE’D EASILY TAKE THE LAND

 

DON BENITO’S REQUEST FOR HELP WAS SENT TO HONEST ABE

WHO HAD TO, WITH REGRETS, REFUSE ‘TIL THE COUNTRY WAS SAFE

BUT SOON AFTER THE REBEL TROOPS HIS TROOPS BEGAN TO ROUT

HIS FULL ATTENTION, THEN, WAS  TURNED TO THE COUNTRY DOWN SOUTH

 

BENITO’S TROOPS WERE SOON TO SEE THE HATED FRENCH DEPART

AS MAXINE AND CARLOTA SAW THEIR SHORT RULE FALL APART

A MAN NAMED BOOTHE CUT SHORT THE LIFE OF OUR HONEST ABE

BEFORE HE’D SEE HIS COUNTRY SAFE AND FREEDOM FOR THE SLAVE

 

BENITO WAS TO LOSE HIS LIFE A FEW YEARS AFTER ABE

BUT HE LIVED LONG ENOUGH TO SEE THAT HIS COUNTRY WAS SAFE

THOUGH BLESSED WITH GREAT MEN THE U. S. AND MEXICO HAVE BEEN,

MEN LIKE JUÁREZ AND LINCOLN WILL NEVER AGAIN BE SEEN

 

AMERICA AND MEXICO WOULD DEEPLY GRIEVE THEIR LOSS

THEY KNEW THEY HAD LOST TWO GREAT MEN WHO DIED FOR THEIR CAUSE

HAD THESE TWO GREAT MEN MET, IT IS WITH CERTAINTY ASSUMED

THAT A CLOSE FRIENDSHIP, WITHOUT DOUBT, IN NO TIME WOULD HAVE BLOOMED