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ONWARD FOR FREEDOM AND RIGHT
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Ye can come to me if ye want to fight,—
Ye can come with your jeer and taunt;
And ye can fight to your hearts' content,
If fighting is what ye want.

Our boys so brave, when duty calls,
Will all their strength unite;
And fight as long as there is need
For freedom and for right.
May the curse forever be wiped out
That now the country mars;
And peace restored in this fair land
Where float the stripes and stars."