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FLING OUT THAT STARRY BANNER.
SONG OF WILLIAMS' LIGHT INFANTRY.
Fling out that starry banner!
We love its shining fold,
A brighter never fluttered o'er
The knightly men of old;
And never muse of history
Traced in her golden tome
A prouder motto than it bears:
“Our country and our home!”
We love its shining fold,
A brighter never fluttered o'er
The knightly men of old;
And never muse of history
Traced in her golden tome
A prouder motto than it bears:
“Our country and our home!”
Fling out that starry banner!
The wild winds love it well,
Eyes flash to see its blazonry,
And hearts with valor swell,
Proud symbols graced thy battle-flag,
Thou Queen of Victors, Rome!
But on it flamed no words like these:
“Our country and our home!”
The wild winds love it well,
Eyes flash to see its blazonry,
And hearts with valor swell,
Proud symbols graced thy battle-flag,
Thou Queen of Victors, Rome!
But on it flamed no words like these:
“Our country and our home!”
Fling out that starry banner!
A sign of dread to foes—
Untwining from its staff around
A radiant light it throws;
Beneath it we will brave assault,
As rocks the white sea-foam—
Strike for our wives and lady-loves,
“Our country and our home!”
A sign of dread to foes—
Untwining from its staff around
A radiant light it throws;
Beneath it we will brave assault,
As rocks the white sea-foam—
Strike for our wives and lady-loves,
“Our country and our home!”
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