He that out lives this day and comes safely home

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This day is called the feast of Jones:
He that outlives this day, and comes safe home,
Will stand a tip-toe when the day is named,
And rouse him at the name of Jones
He that shall live this day, and see old age,
Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbours,
And say 'To-morrow is Saint Jones of Knoxville
Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars.
And say 'These wounds I had on Jones'day.'
Old men forget: yet all shall be forgot,
But he'll remember with advantages
What feats he did that day: then shall our names.
Familiar in his mouth as household words
Worley the king,
North and Hurd
Johnson and
Maggitt and the man they called Pig
Be in their flowing cups freshly remember'd.
This story shall the good man teach his son;
And Crispin Jones shall ne'er go by,
From this day to the ending of the world,
But we in it shall be remember'd;
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his orange blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition:
And gentlemen in Tennessee now a-bed
Shall think themselves accursed they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us on the grounds of Norman upon Saint Jones' day. Go Vols!!!
 
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LakeMaryFLVol said:
This day is called the feast of Jones:
He that outlives this day, and comes safe home,
Will stand a tip-toe when the day is named,
And rouse him at the name of Jones
He that shall live this day, and see old age,
Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbours,
And say 'To-morrow is Saint Jones of Knoxville
Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars.
And say 'These wounds I had on Jones'day.'
Old men forget: yet all shall be forgot,
But he'll remember with advantages
What feats he did that day: then shall our names.
Familiar in his mouth as household words
Worley the king,
North and Hurd
Johnson and
Maggitt and the man they called Pig
Be in their flowing cups freshly remember'd.
This story shall the good man teach his son;
And Crispin Jones shall ne'er go by,
From this day to the ending of the world,
But we in it shall be remember'd;
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his orange blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition:
And gentlemen in Tennessee now a-bed
Shall think themselves accursed they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us on the grounds of Norman upon Saint Jones' day. Go Vols!!!
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Too longeth, did not readeth
 
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LakeMaryFLVol said:
This day is called the feast of Jones:
He that outlives this day, and comes safe home,
Will stand a tip-toe when the day is named,
And rouse him at the name of Jones
He that shall live this day, and see old age,
Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbours,
And say 'To-morrow is Saint Jones of Knoxville
Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars.
And say 'These wounds I had on Jones'day.'
Old men forget: yet all shall be forgot,
But he'll remember with advantages
What feats he did that day: then shall our names.
Familiar in his mouth as household words
Worley the king,
North and Hurd
Johnson and
Maggitt and the man they called Pig
Be in their flowing cups freshly remember'd.
This story shall the good man teach his son;
And Crispin Jones shall ne'er go by,
From this day to the ending of the world,
But we in it shall be remember'd;
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his orange blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition:
And gentlemen in Tennessee now a-bed
Shall think themselves accursed they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us on the grounds of Norman upon Saint Jones' day. Go Vols!!!
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Well done. :good!:
 
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Is this all prompted from the fact that the game takes place in Norman, Oklahoma? A play off the Battle of Agincourt taking place in Northern France, ie Normandy?

:lolabove:

:thud:
 
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Rifleman said:
Is this all prompted from the fact that the game takes place in Norman, Oklahoma? A play off the Battle of Agincourt taking place in Northern France, ie Normandy?

:lolabove:

:thud:
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I'm guessing it is. I like it. The OP did a great job.

I started to do this with "Once more into the breach" but I figured the ADHD zoo monkeys would react exactly how they did.
 
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esarmstrong said:
I appreciate the thought, but comparing a football game to a famous battle and then going to the trouble to conform Henry V's "St. Crispin's day speech" to a fictional speech by Butch Jones is a little much.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=A-yZNMWFqvM
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So is beating Oklahoma tonight. Will take a "little much" effort and a "little much" creativity. They will have to be over the top to walk out on top.
 
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The Vols win tonight!
Volnation feels it's their turn!
The Vols win tonight!
Or many mattress will burn!
 
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