Give Me My Arrows and Give Me My Bow

"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.

Preface

Lover prefaced the poem with an introductory story:

Title

The song title came from the first line of "The Samoyeds", a poem by Rev. Isaac Taylor.