History and mythcombine to paint a canvassbrushed with heroes’ bloodo’er thirteen days of gloryat the siege of AlamoOf the defenders,only six are Texas bornOthers find just causeTravis, Crockett, and BowieTexians and TejanosTime and tales obscure,what is real from symbolicVictory or Death!Travis’ words drew a linewithout his sword parting sandAgainst hopeless odds,valiant men to be consumedcross a line of death