"ALPHEUS OF MEDFIELD " [Verse 1] Born beneath a May sky, eighteen-oh-two, In Medfield’s arms where the wildflowers grew, Aaron and Mercy raised him up strong, A farmer’s soul where the fields belong. [Verse 2] Elizabeth came with a vow to keep, In twenty-six, their love ran deep, Lucretia danced, and James did play, High Street hummed through their simple days. [Chorus] Oh, Alpheus, yeoman of the land, Plowed the earth with a steady hand, Roots run deep in Norfolk’s clay, Your song still echoes through our day. [Verse 3] He sold his acres, one by one, To Lois, to Simeon, beneath the sun, A homestead built with barn and beam, A life carved out of a farmer’s dream. [Bridge] But the winters turned, and the call came fast, Thirty-seven years, his shadow cast, Vine Lake holds him, soft and still, A gravestone whispers his final will. [Chorus] Oh, Alpheus, yeoman of the land, Plowed the earth with a steady hand, Roots run deep in Norfolk’s clay, Your song still echoes through our day. [Verse 4] No will to write, but a legacy stayed, In children’s laughter, in debts repaid, The land was sold, the seasons turned, A humble fire that brightly burned. [Chorus] Oh, Alpheus, yeoman of the land, Plowed the earth with a steady hand, Roots run deep in Norfolk’s clay, Your song still echoes through our day. [Outro] Farewell, dear Alpheus, the heavens you share, Your kin still walk with the love you laid bare, In Medfield’s fields, your name won’t fade, A yeoman’s life in the earth you made.
