The Cyber Hymnal ‎#6343

6343. Storm the Fort

1. Ho! my comrades, see the signal
Jesus waves on high;
Satan’s battlements are reeling;
Hear our Captain’s cry.

Refrain
Storm the fort! For I am leading!
I have shown you how!
Shout the answer back to Heaven,
We are ready now!

2. See! the lofty walls are frowning,
Held by Satan’s power;
Sin enshrouds the world in darkness;
Now’s the storming hour. [Refrain]

3. See! the prophets now are showing
How the fort must fall;
There is no such thing as failing;
Shout, my comrades all. [Refrain]

4. Fierce and long the siege has lasted,
But the end is near;
Onward leads our great commander;
Cheer, my comrades, cheer! [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: Ho! my comrades, see the signal
• Title: Storm the Fort
• Author: J. B. Vinton (1879)
• Refrain First Line: Storm the fort! For I am leading!
• Meter: 85.85 D
• Language: English
• Source: White Robes for the Sunday-School, by Alonzo J. Abbey & M. J. Munger (Boston, Massachusetts: Oliver Ditson & Company, 1879), number 24.
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Based on the similarity in wording, this song was evidently inspired by "Hold the Fort," written a few years earlier.

Tune Information

• Name: CANCÚN
• Composer: John Harrison Tenney
• Meter: 85.85 D
• Incipit: 33551 12233 43233
• Key: A Major
• Copyright: Public Domain