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 Conf Pam l2mo #856 
 
LIBERTY or DEATH 
 
 1. 
 
 On I on I to the just and glorious strife 
 
 With your swords your freedom shielding : 
 
 Nay resign if it must be even life, 
 But die at last unyielding. 
 2 
 
 On to the strife, for 'twere far more meet 
 
 To sink with the foes who bay you, 
 Than crouch like dogs at Lincoln's feet. 
 
 And smile on the swords that slay you. 
 3. 
 Shall the Northern hordes be masters then 
 
 Of the land which your fathers gave you *.' 
 Shall Lincoln's dogs lord it o'er brave men 
 
 When your own good swords may save y(»u 
 4. 
 No ; let them feel that your arms are strong. 
 
 That your courage will fail you never ; 
 You strike to repay long years of wrong. 
 
 And bury past shame forever. 
 5. 
 Let him learn how weak is a tyrant's might 
 
 Against liberty's sword contending : 
 And find how Southern men can fight 
 
 Their freedom and land defending. 
 6. 
 Then on I then on ! to the glorious strife 
 
 With your swords your country shielding : 
 And resign if it must be even life, 
 
 But die at last unyielding, 
 7. 
 Strike I for the sires who left you free, 
 
 Strike ! for their sakes who bore you ; 
 Strike I for your hoTues and liberty, 
 
 And the heaven you worship o'er you. 
 
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