Three hundred pounds of basso profundo was Henry Knox.
A heavy, hearty, light-hearted party was Henry Knox.
Enthusiasm always in high, the kind of man who'd never say "die,"
Robust, rotund, congenial giant was Henry Knox.
Henry Knox at the age of twelve was forced to go to work,
To support his mother, he got a job in a bookstore as a clerk.
And while he worked he also read alot of books and filled his head
'Til he was an authority on guns and artillery.
At twenty-one he opened up a boostore of his own.
At twenty-five enlisted to oppose the British throne.
Big promotions cam rapidly in five months he had a colonelcy
And he was put in charge of artillery small and large.
Three hundred pounds of basso profundo was Henry Knox.
A heavy, hearty, light-hearted party was Henry Knox.
Enthusiasm always in high, the kind of man who'd never say "die,"
Robust, rotund, congenial giant was Henry Knox.
At the start of the war, the British held Boston town.
And the home team didn't have half enough heavy guns to go around.
So Henry Knox and his men were sent,
Ticonderoga is where they went
To see if the fort could spare the captured cannon there.
Three hundred miles of snow and thaw across the cold terrain.
But Henry Knox successfully delivered that "Noble Train."
Then up to Dorchester Heights they hauled the cannon
and when they were all installed
And started to explode the British hit the road.
Three hundred pounds of basso profundo was Henry Knox.
A heavy, hearty, light-hearted party was Henry Knox.
Enthusiasm always in high, the kind of man who'd never say "die,"
Robust, rotund, congenial giant was Henry Knox.
Henry Knox was with Washington
when the Delaware was crossed.
Said the General to the Colonel, "Shift your weight or all is lost!"
When Henry Knox thought there should be a special kind of academy
To teach the gunners art. West Point got its start.
At Washington's farewell when he relinquished his command.
Henry Knox was the first man he approached to clasp his hand.
Full of energy, full of drive, in seventeen hundred and eighty-five
Congress picked him for Secretary of War.
Three hundred pounds of basso profundo was Henry Knox.
A heavy, hearty, light-hearted party was Henry Knox.
Enthusiasm always in high, the kind of man who'd never say "die,"
Robust, rotund, congenial giant was Henry Knox. |
