And the wandering wolves and the buzzards
Will not of our kindness complain.”
Years after, when men called John Lewis
As brave as a brave man could be,
He lit him his pipe made of corn-cob,
And drawing a draught long and free—
“The red rascals kept me quite busy
With pulling the trigger,” said he.
“And though I got slightly the better
Of insolent foes in the strife,