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When Confederate forces took the Norfolk Naval Yard,
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They found the remains of the uss Merrimack. They
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Raised her and converted her into a Casemate Ironclad
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Ram and armed her with 10 guns. Renamed the css
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Virginia, her first military action sank the Union
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Ships Congress and Cumberland, making the Union fleet
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Obsolete overnight. In response to this new ominous
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Threat, the Union built a bigger monster of their own -
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The Monitor!
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The Metal Tyrant of the sea
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We'll bring the South down to it's knees
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All engines full for ramming speed
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Nine plates of iron and blackened steel
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From the mind of John Ericsson in 1861
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118 days it took to fit her with her guns
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To answer the Confederates a fit courageous crew
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They launched her to serve Liberty in 1862
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[Chorus:]
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The Monitor, the Iron Scourge
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The Metal Tyrant of the sea
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The Monitor, a slaughterer
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Will bring the South down to it's knees
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The Monitor, the forefather
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Of naval combat for the free
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The Monitor, a murderer
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Engines full for ramming speed!
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As she steamed ahead, they set sail for hell
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Sinking deep down to the depths, dead sailors never
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Tell
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In the battle of Hampton Roads the Merrimack would
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Fight
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Only one dared challenge her, they'd battle on this
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Night
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[Repeat Chorus]
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Four hours cannons lighting up the skyline
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Neither ship could turn the battle tide
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A hit from their cannons and the captain became blind
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First Officer Greene took the helm and refused to run
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And hide
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The seas were rough while undertow the waves were
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Crashing high
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On New Year's Eve right off the coast some 16 men would
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Die
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She holds today a legacy her history enshrined
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The fiercest of the ironclads, a legend of her time
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The Monitor, the Iron Scourge
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The Metal Tyrant of the sea
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The Monitor, a slaughterer
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Will bring the South down to it's knees
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The Monitor, the forefather
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Of naval combat for the free
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The Monitor, a mariner
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Engines full for ramming speed!
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The Metal Tyrant of the sea
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We'll bring the South down to it's knees
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All engines full for ramming speed
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Nine plates of iron and blackened steel
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The Monitor!
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