By ALBERT PIKE.
Southrons, hear your country call you!Up, lest worse than death befall you!To arms! To arms! To arms, in Dixie!Lo! all the beacon-fires are lighted—Let all hearts be now united!To arms! To arms! To arms, in Dixie!Advance the flag of Dixie!Hurrah! hurrah!For Dixie's land we take our stand,And live or die for Dixie!To arms! To arms!And conquer peace for Dixie!To arms! To arms!And conquer peace for Dixie!Hear the Northern thunders mutter!Northern flags in South winds flutter!To arms!Send them back your fierce defiance!Stamp upon the accursed alliance!To arms!Advance the flag of Dixie!Fear no danger! shun no labor!Lift up rifle, pike, and sabre!To arms!Shoulder pressing close to shoulder,Let the odds make each heart bolder!To arms!Advance the flag of Dixie!How the South's great heart rejoicesAt your cannon's ringing voices!To arms!For faith betrayed, and pledges broken,Wrongs inflicted, insults spoken,To arms!Advance the flag of Dixie!Strong as lions, swift as eagles,Back to their kennels hunt these beagles!To arms!Cut the unequal bond asunder!Let them hence each other plunder!To arms!Advance the flag of Dixie!Swear upon your country's altarNever to submit or falter!To arms!Till the spoilers are defeated,Till the Lord's work is completed,To arms!Advance the flag of Dixie!Halt not till our FederationSecures among earth's powers its stationTo arms!Then at peace, and crowned with glory,Hear your children tell the story!To arms!Advance the flag of Dixie!If the loved ones weep in sadness,Victory soon shall bring them gladness.To arms!Exultant pride soon vanish sorrow;Smiles chase tears away to-morrow.To arms! To arms! To arms, in Dixie!Advance the flag of Dixie!Hurrah! hurrah!For Dixie's land we take our stand,And live or die for Dixie!To arms! To arms!And conquer peace for Dixie!To arms! To arms!And conquer peace for Dixie!
Southrons, hear your country call you!Up, lest worse than death befall you!To arms! To arms! To arms, in Dixie!Lo! all the beacon-fires are lighted—Let all hearts be now united!To arms! To arms! To arms, in Dixie!Advance the flag of Dixie!Hurrah! hurrah!For Dixie's land we take our stand,And live or die for Dixie!To arms! To arms!And conquer peace for Dixie!To arms! To arms!And conquer peace for Dixie!
Hear the Northern thunders mutter!Northern flags in South winds flutter!To arms!Send them back your fierce defiance!Stamp upon the accursed alliance!To arms!Advance the flag of Dixie!
Fear no danger! shun no labor!Lift up rifle, pike, and sabre!To arms!Shoulder pressing close to shoulder,Let the odds make each heart bolder!To arms!Advance the flag of Dixie!
How the South's great heart rejoicesAt your cannon's ringing voices!To arms!For faith betrayed, and pledges broken,Wrongs inflicted, insults spoken,To arms!Advance the flag of Dixie!
Strong as lions, swift as eagles,Back to their kennels hunt these beagles!To arms!Cut the unequal bond asunder!Let them hence each other plunder!To arms!Advance the flag of Dixie!
Swear upon your country's altarNever to submit or falter!To arms!Till the spoilers are defeated,Till the Lord's work is completed,To arms!Advance the flag of Dixie!
Halt not till our FederationSecures among earth's powers its stationTo arms!Then at peace, and crowned with glory,Hear your children tell the story!To arms!Advance the flag of Dixie!
If the loved ones weep in sadness,Victory soon shall bring them gladness.To arms!Exultant pride soon vanish sorrow;Smiles chase tears away to-morrow.To arms! To arms! To arms, in Dixie!Advance the flag of Dixie!Hurrah! hurrah!For Dixie's land we take our stand,And live or die for Dixie!To arms! To arms!And conquer peace for Dixie!To arms! To arms!And conquer peace for Dixie!
[Southern.]