because this is not a narrative ballad.f in 1759 where they describe verse by verse the details of how wolf was killed. no. and this is not like -- my favorite -- actually my favorite song from the war of 1812 is set to the tune "the girl i left behind me." do you know that? ♪ o it's 21 verses. and believe me in the ballad set to "the girl left behind me" you don't have to explain what it's about. but key is being much more lofty. he understands the critical turning point we were at as a nation, 200 years ago almost now. and therefore he's waxing poetic. every time that this is reprinted in a broadside or in a song, it includes the story of how this happened and why this happened. and maybe i could -- do i have two minutes left? maybe i could close with that story and read it to you from -- i'd love to read from the case over there, but i think i need to stay where i am. here's what's written, and you probably can't see it. the annexed song was composed under the following circumstance. a gentleman had left baltimore in a f