Lyrics and Music by Richie Kavanagh
Myles Keogh lost his life at the Little Bighorn.
A long ways from Carlow, the place he was born.
After the battle the were counting the dead.
When the came to Myles Keogh, this red indian he said.
This man rode a horse with feathered white feet,
He was a brave man, he was hard to defeat.
His men rallied round him, they all knew the drill.
But they all died together, on Last Stand Hill.
Myles Keogh a commander at Custers last stand.
When thousands of indians, swamp’ed over the land.
Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, Lakota, Cheyenne.
The great Seventh Cavalry they soon over ran.
Myles Keogh rode a horse with feathered white feet.
He was a brave man, he was hard to defeat.
His men rallied round him, they all knew the drill.
But they all died together on Last Stand Hill.
The only thing living, the only thing found.
Was Keoghs horse Comanche, alive on the ground.
They all stepped together, to the great Garryowen.
Now their memory forever, is engraved there in stone.
Myles Keogh rode a horse with feathered white feet.
He was a brave man, he was hard to defeat.
His men rallied round him, they all knew the drill.
But the all died together on Last Stand Hill.
About the Song,…..Captain Myles Keogh
Myles Keogh was born in Orchard House, Leighlinbridge, County Carlow on 25 March 1840.
He served as a cavalry officer during the Gettysburg Campaign.
After the war, he remained in the regular United States Army as commander of Company I, in the 7th Cavalry Regiment under George Armstrong Custer.
He died along with Custer and all of his men at the Battle of the Little Big Horn on June 25 1876. Keogh’s horse, Comanche, is considered the only military survivor of the battle.