Give Me A Man

Give me the man with an iron will

And a purpose firm and strong;

Who dares to stand by the right until

He has crushed to death the wrong;

Who treads where the path of duty leads,

Though the way be blocked by foes;

Whose heart and hand a good cause speeds,

No matter who oppose.

Give me the man with an iron will,

Who knows no such word as fail;

Who will, if need, his heart’s blood spill

To make the good prevail;

Who guards the right with his strong arm,

And dares to stand ‘gainst might;

Who shields the poor and weak from harm,

And does right because ‘tis right.

Give me the man with an iron will

And a heart as true as gold;

Whose God-given mission he will fulfill,

Who cannot be bought nor sold.

Give me the man whom no power can bend

From a purpose grand and high;

Whose all, for a righteous cause will spend,

For a righteous cause will die.

Henry H. Johnson