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"Give Me My Arrows And Give Me My Bow" is a ballad written and composed by Samuel Lover in 1848. Lovers, an Irish songwriter and novelist, wrote the ballad during a trip to the United States.
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Preface
Lover prefaced the poem with an introductory story:
In the Great North American lakes there are islands bearing the name of "Manitou," which signifies "THE GREAT SPIRIT," and Indian tradition declares that in these islands the Great Spirit concealed the precious metals, thereby showing that he did not desire they should be possessed by man; and that whenever some rash mortal has attempted to obtain treasure from "The Manitou Isle," his canoe was always overwhelmed by a tempest. The " Palefaces," however, fearless of " Manitou's" thunder, are now working the extensive mineral region of the lakes.
Title
The song title came from the first line of "The Samoyeds", a poem by Rev. Isaac Taylor.