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TEMPERANCE SONG
O shout for joy, the day is breaking!
Ohio now has seen the light;
Her valiant sons from sleep are waking,
With courage fresh and spirits bright,
With courage fresh and spirits bright;
In ‘rank and file’ they stand undaunted,
To face the foes of angry might,
Who long have done themselves despite,
And of their mighty power have vaunted.
Stand firm! stand firm, ye braves!
The Temperance sword unsheath!
March on! March on! no more be slaves,
To that great monster Death!
Ohio now has seen the light;
Her valiant sons from sleep are waking,
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With courage fresh and spirits bright;
In ‘rank and file’ they stand undaunted,
To face the foes of angry might,
Who long have done themselves despite,
And of their mighty power have vaunted.
Stand firm! stand firm, ye braves!
The Temperance sword unsheath!
March on! March on! no more be slaves,
To that great monster Death!
Old Alcohol is now defeated—
His thousand heads begin to droop;
He's long upon his throne been seated,
And overruled a mighty troop;
And overruled a mighty troop.
Although his sceptre has been blighting,
And nations ruined by its sway,
They still will stand in battle ray,
With sword and shield prepared for fighting.
Shrink not, ye valiant men!
The Temperance flag unfurl!
March on! march on! stay not your hand,
'Till light shall bless the world.
His thousand heads begin to droop;
He's long upon his throne been seated,
And overruled a mighty troop;
And overruled a mighty troop.
Although his sceptre has been blighting,
And nations ruined by its sway,
They still will stand in battle ray,
With sword and shield prepared for fighting.
Shrink not, ye valiant men!
The Temperance flag unfurl!
March on! march on! stay not your hand,
'Till light shall bless the world.
The homes that long have been deserted,
Will now again be lighted up;
The wife her power has long exerted,
To break the husband's poisonous cup—
To break the husband's poisonous cup;
But man—poor man was so degraded,
And so overcome by base desire,
That still he drank the “liquid fire”—
To cease he could not be persuaded.
Fight on! fight on! ye braves!
The war has just begun!
March on! march on! make no delay.
Until the victory's won.
Will now again be lighted up;
The wife her power has long exerted,
To break the husband's poisonous cup—
To break the husband's poisonous cup;
But man—poor man was so degraded,
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That still he drank the “liquid fire”—
To cease he could not be persuaded.
Fight on! fight on! ye braves!
The war has just begun!
March on! march on! make no delay.
Until the victory's won.
O shout for joy! the light is gleaming!
The star of hope now gilds the east,
Shake off dull sloth and cease your dreaming;
If men will cease to act the beast—
If men will cease to act the beast,
The Despots arm will soon be broken,
And Tyrants will no longer reign,
And light will melt our galling chains;
So now we'll greet the midnight token.
Stand firm! stand firm, my braves!
The Temperance sword unsheath!
March on! march onl all hearts resolved,
“On Liberty or Death.
The star of hope now gilds the east,
Shake off dull sloth and cease your dreaming;
If men will cease to act the beast—
If men will cease to act the beast,
The Despots arm will soon be broken,
And Tyrants will no longer reign,
And light will melt our galling chains;
So now we'll greet the midnight token.
Stand firm! stand firm, my braves!
The Temperance sword unsheath!
March on! march onl all hearts resolved,
“On Liberty or Death.
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