[Songs My Son Should Know] WU LYF | We Bros

Congratulations, son.  Your daddy thought that this very poignant song would be a great way to welcome you into the world -- loudly, clamoring; just like you -- cos he thought, ya know, we bros.  Its something he likes to tell you all the time when you're fussy and getting all demanding about things, because he believes its that spiritual bond that will calm your ass down.  

Remarkably, this tactic works.  Cos, we bros. You are already starting to understand the bond of man, and that of a son to his father.  I can see it in the clarity in your face -- the way you understand that there is no immediate need that is going to go unmet, cos, you're thinking: we bros.   

 

 

Eventually, you grow tall and wise and make other important relationships in your life.  Stick by those who call for your comfort and fight for their cause with impudence.  You bros.

On this day in 1836, this call for help was finally answered --

Commandancy of the Alamo
Bexar, Feby. 24th 1836

To the People of Texas &
all Americans in the world --


Fellow citizens & compatriots -- I am besieged by a
thousand or more of the Mexicans under Santa Anna --
I have sustained a continual Bombardment & cannon-
ade for 24 hours & have not lost a man -- The enemy
has demanded a surrender at discretion, otherwise, the
garrison are to be put to the sword, if the fort is taken
-- I have answered the demand with a cannon shot, &
our flag still waves proudly from the walls -- I shall nev-
er surrender or retreat. Then, I call on you in the name
of Liberty, of patriotism & everything dear to the Amer--
ican character, to come to our aid, with all dispatch --
The enemy is receiving reinforcements daily & will no
doubt increase to three or four thousand in four or five
days. If this call is neglected, I am determined to sustain
myself as long as possible & die like a soldier who never
forgets what is due to his own honor & that of his coun-
try --

Victory or Death.

William Barret Travis
Lt. Col. Comdt.


P.S. The Lord is on our side -- When the enemy
appeared in sight we had not three bushels of corn --
We have since found in deserted houses 80 or 90 bush-
els & got into the walls 20 or 30 heads of Beeves.
Travis

-- and because it was so, you can proudly eat chicken fried steak, drink Lone Stars, slow dance to Willie, and wear boots like a proper Texan.