Songs for Christian Warriors: The Blacksmith of Brandywine

In 1963 Pat Garvey wrote the song "The Blacksmith of Brandywine", based upon a legend of the Battle of Brandywine (9/11/1777). I trust Charlie Zahm's performance below will be an inspiration to you Christian warriors.

You'll find Garvey's original words below the video

Chorus
Make it one for Washington and all his gallant men
And one for the girl that once was mine.
Make it one for the darlin' boy I'll never see again
And don't forget the Blacksmith of Brandywine.

As we rode down to Brandywine
There was a sight to see
A giant man with a hammer in his hand
Lying dead 'neath a cherry tree
And all around him on the ground
In fatal disarray
A score of men who would never fight again
Nor travel on the King's Highway.

Then quietly we dug a grave
And gave him burial there
And passed the day a ridin' on our way
Till we met with a musketeer.
From him we learned the story of
A brave and angry man
Who undertook the British enemy
With a hammer in his hand.

Chorus

There lived a man in Chester town
Away from the cannon's roar
Of manner mild, he'd a woman and child
And he loved them twenty times o'er
Till a Tory spoke of a plot one day
To waylay Washington
He left his home and family alone
And to the General he did run.

When he returned the next morning
A horror struck his eyes
His family slain by Tory gun
And his house it burned the skies
The Blacksmith reached for his heavy sledge
And gave a practice swing.
Next day at the line on the field of Brandywine
You could hear his hammer ring:
Chorus

The first link below will take you to the story that inspired the song, and the second link will take you to a site where you can connect to more of Charlie Zahm's performances.

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