68. song of Columbia's daughters.
by Elizabeth D. Wright.
Oh, go! brothers, go!Hark to Freedom calling!
See her bleeding stand
While her sons are falling!
Mothers, yield your darlings;
Wives, your husbands send;
Children, spare your fathers--
God will be your friend!
Rally round our standard!
Hasten on to save!
Be our watchword ever,
“Freedom, or the grave!”
Onward! See our Country--
Once a peaceful home,
Where the world's oppressed ones
Might for refuge come--
Now all torn and fainting,
Wounded sore she lies;
Forward to the rescue,
Ere our Union dies!
Rally round our standard, &c.
Oh, fight! brothers, fight!
Our fathers fought before you;
Your blows are for the right,
And Freedom's God is o'er you.
Remember, when in battle,
How we at home will pray,
That He, as your Commander,
Will aid you w:n the day.
Rally round our standard!
Hasten on to save!
Be our watchword ever,
“Freedom, or the grave!”
New York, April 22, 1861.
--N. Y. Tribune.
