Decoration Day E meet this day, but some are gone. CHORUS-From east to west, from north to south, By you this land was trod; And now we meet and homage pay To our comrades under the sod. We meet this day with mournful hearts, CHORUS We meet this day, but not as then, When blood like rain was running free, O'er cloud capped hills and verdant plains, To save the Tree of Liberty. CHORUS We meet, but woe is here and there, CHORUS And when we meet from year to year, Whose graves are shaded by the boughs Of freedom's great and stately tree. CHORUS Our Flag. UR flag is the pride of the nation, 'Tis dearer than diamonds or gold: To the rich, and the boy in the cabin, You are equal in under its fold. CHORUS Our glorious flag, our bloodbought flag, May it say to white and black: "My golden folds shall protect you all, Press forward and never turn back!" The boy in the furrow a-plodding, His garments are tattered, his feet are bare: He'll outstrip the boy in the mansion, CHORUS All nations had honored our ensign, Then millions on millions of voters, Said the blacks should go forth as the white, Till seven at the great central D. C. Said, "your millions of voters ain't right!" CHORUS Our flag it shall float over justice, Our voters shall join heart and hand;— Till oppression, that dark visaged monster, Like the dew shall be swept from our land. CHORUS |