St. Crispin's Day speech slightly reworked

The day celebrates two brothers, Crispin and Crispian, who were martyred spreading the gospel.  

Five of us, two from California, one from New York, and Linda and I, canvassed the entire town of Summit Hill except for the part on the mountain and along Lentz Trail.  One day just before we started, I read to the group a slightly abridged and modified version of the speech from Shakespeare’s “Henry V.”  

This story shall the good man teach his son;

And Crispin Crispian shall ne’er go by, 

From this day to the ending of the world,

But we in it shall be remember’d;

We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;

For he to-day that canvasses with me

Shall be my brother; be he ne’er so vile, 

This day shall gentle his condition:

And gentlemen in Carbon County now a-bed

Shall think themselves accursed they were not here,

And hold their manhoods cheap while any speaks

That canvassed voters with us upon St. Crispin’s day.

It was a bit off.  Three of us were women so the “brother” thing didn’t quite ring true.  We were also out the week following the actual St. Crispin’s Day.  The English won; we didn’t, although I’m sure we moved the needle up a few percentage points.  

It is truly an inspiring speech in any case.