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| Text: | There's a battle song to sing |
| Author: | Dwight Williams |
| Tune: | KEY NOTE SONG |
| Composer: | W. J. Bostwick |
1 There's a battle song to sing,
An alarm bell loud to ring;
There's a drumbeat to be heard,
And a nation to be stirred;
Strike the key note, ring it out,
Send it with a loyal shout
Send it with a loyal shout;
Loud and long, loud and long, loud and long;
Strike the key note bold and strong.
2 Think it not a skirmish light,
'Tis to be a nation's fight!
Cities, towns, shall feel the stroke,
Hills be darkened with the smoke,
Horse and foot in battle heat
Shall together clashing meet,
Shall together clashing meet;
Not in play, not in play, not in play;
It shall be a sturdy fray.
3 Hail! Columbia, dare to be
God's peculiar land and free;
Brothers, let the key note ring,
Mothers, pray, and children, sing;
Drive the traffic to the wall;
Prohibition! shout it, all,
Prohibition! shout it, all;
Pray and vote! pray and vote, pray and vote,
And ring out a grand key note.
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | There's a battle song to sing |
| Author: | Dwight Williams |
| Publication Date: | 1886 |
| Scripture: | |
| Topic: | Bible Songs: Temperance Songs |
| Notes: | Public Domain. |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | KEY NOTE SONG |
| Composer: | W. J. Bostwick |
| Key: | G Major or modal |
| Notes: | Public Domain. |
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