Mama for once I sought not to seek your wrath , but I seek mercy within the eyes ,
For odd years have swept , neither we nor I become of strangers.
Mama I seek for solace , at the arms of a traitor , he sees me as as forsaken , weakened , at the mercy of men.
I plead we take , heart to what  was once us, to  what brought Union. When comes tumbling we stand as pillars