The Stripes and Stars.Air—The Low-backed Car.Let cowards shirk their duty,And falter from the fray;My post I’ll find, nor shrink behind,When honor calls away.For Union and for Freedom,I’ll wield a sword or gun,And take my stand, for laws and land,Till the battle’s nobly won.CHORUS.For I follow the Stripes and Stars,No matter for wounds or scars,And I’ll act my part,With my arm and heart,In defense of the Stripes and Stars.The truth is past denying,That danger’s close at hand,And I do love, all things above,My own dear native land.So where the conflict rages,And where our foemen be,To stand or fall, at Union’s call,There is the place for me. [Chorus.May God bless those who love me,And those I love defend;If life I give, to those who liveMy dear ones I commend.But while the cannon’s booming,And trumpets loudly blare,The Union’s cause, the land and laws,Must be my only care. [Chorus.
Air—The Low-backed Car.
Let cowards shirk their duty,And falter from the fray;My post I’ll find, nor shrink behind,When honor calls away.For Union and for Freedom,I’ll wield a sword or gun,And take my stand, for laws and land,Till the battle’s nobly won.CHORUS.For I follow the Stripes and Stars,No matter for wounds or scars,And I’ll act my part,With my arm and heart,In defense of the Stripes and Stars.The truth is past denying,That danger’s close at hand,And I do love, all things above,My own dear native land.So where the conflict rages,And where our foemen be,To stand or fall, at Union’s call,There is the place for me. [Chorus.May God bless those who love me,And those I love defend;If life I give, to those who liveMy dear ones I commend.But while the cannon’s booming,And trumpets loudly blare,The Union’s cause, the land and laws,Must be my only care. [Chorus.
Let cowards shirk their duty,And falter from the fray;My post I’ll find, nor shrink behind,When honor calls away.For Union and for Freedom,I’ll wield a sword or gun,And take my stand, for laws and land,Till the battle’s nobly won.CHORUS.For I follow the Stripes and Stars,No matter for wounds or scars,And I’ll act my part,With my arm and heart,In defense of the Stripes and Stars.The truth is past denying,That danger’s close at hand,And I do love, all things above,My own dear native land.So where the conflict rages,And where our foemen be,To stand or fall, at Union’s call,There is the place for me. [Chorus.May God bless those who love me,And those I love defend;If life I give, to those who liveMy dear ones I commend.But while the cannon’s booming,And trumpets loudly blare,The Union’s cause, the land and laws,Must be my only care. [Chorus.
Let cowards shirk their duty,And falter from the fray;My post I’ll find, nor shrink behind,When honor calls away.For Union and for Freedom,I’ll wield a sword or gun,And take my stand, for laws and land,Till the battle’s nobly won.
Let cowards shirk their duty,
And falter from the fray;
My post I’ll find, nor shrink behind,
When honor calls away.
For Union and for Freedom,
I’ll wield a sword or gun,
And take my stand, for laws and land,
Till the battle’s nobly won.
CHORUS.
For I follow the Stripes and Stars,No matter for wounds or scars,And I’ll act my part,With my arm and heart,In defense of the Stripes and Stars.
For I follow the Stripes and Stars,
No matter for wounds or scars,
And I’ll act my part,
With my arm and heart,
In defense of the Stripes and Stars.
The truth is past denying,That danger’s close at hand,And I do love, all things above,My own dear native land.So where the conflict rages,And where our foemen be,To stand or fall, at Union’s call,There is the place for me. [Chorus.
The truth is past denying,
That danger’s close at hand,
And I do love, all things above,
My own dear native land.
So where the conflict rages,
And where our foemen be,
To stand or fall, at Union’s call,
There is the place for me. [Chorus.
May God bless those who love me,And those I love defend;If life I give, to those who liveMy dear ones I commend.But while the cannon’s booming,And trumpets loudly blare,The Union’s cause, the land and laws,Must be my only care. [Chorus.
May God bless those who love me,
And those I love defend;
If life I give, to those who live
My dear ones I commend.
But while the cannon’s booming,
And trumpets loudly blare,
The Union’s cause, the land and laws,
Must be my only care. [Chorus.