The Monitor
Cage

When Confederate forces took the Norfolk Naval Yard,

They found the remains of the uss Merrimack. They

Raised her and converted her into a Casemate Ironclad

Ram and armed her with 10 guns. Renamed the css

Virginia, her first military action sank the Union

Ships Congress and Cumberland, making the Union fleet

Obsolete overnight. In response to this new ominous

Threat, the Union built a bigger monster of their own -

The Monitor!


The Metal Tyrant of the sea

We'll bring the South down to it's knees

All engines full for ramming speed

Nine plates of iron and blackened steel


From the mind of John Ericsson in 1861

118 days it took to fit her with her guns

To answer the Confederates a fit courageous crew

They launched her to serve Liberty in 1862


[Chorus:]

The Monitor, the Iron Scourge

The Metal Tyrant of the sea

The Monitor, a slaughterer

Will bring the South down to it's knees

The Monitor, the forefather

Of naval combat for the free

The Monitor, a murderer

Engines full for ramming speed!


As she steamed ahead, they set sail for hell

Sinking deep down to the depths, dead sailors never

Tell

In the battle of Hampton Roads the Merrimack would

Fight

Only one dared challenge her, they'd battle on this

Night


[Repeat Chorus]


Four hours cannons lighting up the skyline

Neither ship could turn the battle tide


A hit from their cannons and the captain became blind

First Officer Greene took the helm and refused to run

And hide


The seas were rough while undertow the waves were

Crashing high

On New Year's Eve right off the coast some 16 men would

Die

She holds today a legacy her history enshrined

The fiercest of the ironclads, a legend of her time


The Monitor, the Iron Scourge

The Metal Tyrant of the sea

The Monitor, a slaughterer

Will bring the South down to it's knees

The Monitor, the forefather

Of naval combat for the free

The Monitor, a mariner

Engines full for ramming speed!


The Metal Tyrant of the sea

We'll bring the South down to it's knees

All engines full for ramming speed

Nine plates of iron and blackened steel


The Monitor!


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