When our fathers fought for liberty,
Though weak in numbers then,
What mattered it to them, so long
The few they had were men?
And shall we shame our fathers,
Shall we dim the name we bear,
While our country is the monument
To tell us who they were?

Arouse and arm, &c.

To the battle, then, my countrymen,
The foe comes darkly on,

There is fame for those who fight with us,
And shame for those who run.
Aloft in air your falchions bear,
Sound trumpet-note and song,
For the glorious days of seventy-six,
And the Union young and strong.
Arouse and arm, &c.

OUR FLAG.

SHINE on, shine on, thou glorious constellation!
How pure the azure that surrounds thy stars!
Thou hast a beauty of thine own creation,
The murky vapor scarcely dims or mars.
The red and white in their alternate bars,
Morn's rosy light with that of noon more bright,
Like belts of rubies wrought in snowy spars,
Have made the banner dearest to our sight,
The type of many States that in the one unite.

COME, FREEMEN, AROUSE

BY H. ANGELO.

Air-Come, Brothers, Arouse.

COME, Freemen, arouse, awake from your rest, Let's muster our forces and fly,

Come North and come South, come East and come West,

I

For our Union let's conquer or die;
For our Union let's conquer or die.

Our fathers of old by their blood made it free,
And shall we not shield it with care?
Yes! round our broad banner, proud liberty's
tree,

We'll preserve it as bright and as fair.
Awake then, awake then, awake;
Awake then, awake then,

Awake, awake, awake, awake, awake;
Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho!

Come, Freemen, arouse, &c.

Now is the time for our laws and our land,
Each Freeman for action prepare,

Let's proclaim in one voice-By our Union we'll

stand,

Not a star from our Flag shall they tear.
Awake then, awake then, awake;
Awake then, awake then-

Awake, awake, awake, awake, awake;
Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho!

Come, Freemen, arouse, &c.,

OUR UNION RIGHT OR WRONG.

BY 8. 3. STEELE.

ROUSE, hearts of freedom's only home,
Hark to disunion's cry,

Dear Liberty, beneath her dome,
Proclaims that danger's nigh.
Come let your noble shouts ring forth,
In trumpet voices strong,

We know no South, we know no North,
Our Union right or wrong.

CHORUS.-We know no South, we know no North,
Our Union, right or wrong.

The temple our brave fathers made,
The wonder of the world,

Shall they behold their sons dismayed
With treason's flag unfurled?
Oh! never, by the glorious stars
Which on our banner throng,

Rouse, sons of three victorious wars,

For Union, right or wrong.

We know no South, &e

Our patriotic fathers' shades,
With Washington on high,

Point to their blood-anointed blades,
And to their children cry,

Rouse, freemen, by your father's scars,
On to the rescue throng,

Defend our flag and sacred stars,

The Union, right or wrong.

We know no South, &c

Sons of the press, proclaim its worth,
In telegraphic fires,

Bid Young America stand forth,

And emulate their sires.

Wake, sister states, and hand in hand
Round freedom's temple throng,
Come shout in one united band,
Our Union, right or wrong.

We know no South, &c.

OUR NATIVE LAND.

OUR native land, our native land,
For thee, thou lustre of the world,
Still firm united we will stand,

With banner high and flag unfurled.
The legacy our fathers left,

By freedom sanctioned still is ours ; Nor shall our noble tree bereft,

While every branch is strewed with flowers. CHORUS.-Then huzza, huzza, ye sons of the free, Strike, strike the bolt from treason's

hand,

For God, for fame, for liberty,
Our Union and our native land.

Our country dear, our country dear,
Shall faction spurn our holy laws?
Shall freedom's sword or freedom's spear,
Be wielded in oppression's cause?
Our fairy fields, shall they be strewed
With brother slain by brother's hand?
Shall fathers raise their arms of blood
Against the ensign of our land?

CHORUS.

Our starry flag, our starry flag,
Whose eagle sits enthroned above,
Shall it not wave o'er hill and crag,
Triumphant in the hour of fight?
Let him who swells rebellion's cry,
In civil strife but turn to thee,
A patriot's tear would fill his eye,
His bright sword strike for liberty.

CHORUS.

THE FLAG OF OUR UNION.

BY G. P. MORRIS.

A SONG for our banner! the watchword recall, Which gave the Republic her station,

United we stand, divided we fall,

It made and preserves us a nation.

The union of lakes, the union of lands,
The union of states none can sever,"
The union of hearts, the union of hands,
And the flag of our Union forever,
And ever,

The flag of our Union forever.

What God, in his infinite wisdom designed,
And armed us with national thunder,

Not all the earth's despots and factions combined,
Have the power to conquer or sunder.

The union of lakes, the union of lands, &c.