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The Courage of Dicey Langston

Her name was Dicey - just sixteen years

She was very brave - seem to have no fears

She stood up for freedom through her father's tears

In Laurens District, South Carolina

So many Tories and Loyalists around

Harassing the people - terrorizing the town

Someone had to stand up and not let them down

In Laurens District South Carolina (CHORUS:)

CHORUS:

Many stories of Dicey's been told

Of the lass so brave and so bold

Not a Tory or Loyalist could hold

A candle to Dicey Langston

So one day she overheard a plot that was cruel

With so many relatives it was easy to fool

They didn't know Dicey didn't go by their rules

In Laurens District, South Carolina

So she crossed The Enoree - an American Spy

To report to the Whigs anything that came by

By accident heard of a plot coming nigh

In Laurens District south Carolina (CHORUS:)

Bloody Bill cunningham and his Scouts would soon ride

To kill off some Patriots in a town close by

She must warn her brother and others to hide

Away from Little Eden south Carolina

Dicey left in the night crossing marshes and streams

Twenty miles and a river swollen by recent rains

She made it to tell her dear brother James

In Little Eden, South Carolina (CHORUS:)

So she saved the Patriots lives on that day

She continued to spy Dicey would have her way

Even saved her father from the Tories they say

Near Traveler's Rest, South Carolina

©Bernie Griff 2001*Redding, CA (5/24/01)