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AFTER THE BATTLE
Sing banners and cannon and roll of drum!
The shouting of men and the marshaling!
Lo! cannon to cannon and earth struck dumb!
Oh, battle, in song, is a glorious thing!
The shouting of men and the marshaling!
Lo! cannon to cannon and earth struck dumb!
Oh, battle, in song, is a glorious thing!
Oh, glorious day, riding down to the fight!
Oh, glorious battle in story and song!
Oh, godlike man to die for the right!
Oh, manlike God to revenge the wrong!
Oh, glorious battle in story and song!
Oh, godlike man to die for the right!
Oh, manlike God to revenge the wrong!
Yea, riding to battle, on battle day—
Why, a soldier is something more than a king!
But after the battle! The riding away!
Ah, the riding away is another thing!
Why, a soldier is something more than a king!
But after the battle! The riding away!
Ah, the riding away is another thing!
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