...nd scabbards fly, Ten thousand blades are gleaming. Then waken from thy nerveless sleep, Gird on thy well-tried armor, And soon the braggart North will feel That right has strength to harm her. Kentucky boys and girls have we-- From us ye may not take them; Sad-hearted will ye give them up, And for the foe forsake them? Oh, Tennessee, twin-sister, grieves To take thy hand at parting, And feel ...