Willie Winkie and Other Songs and Poems By William Miller: Edited, with an Introduction by Robert Ford |
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The Homes and Hearts behind us.
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The Homes and Hearts behind us.
Dedicated to the Scottish Volunteers.
Who would not fight for such a land?—
The land our fathers bled on
For liberty, with men as bold
As ever Wallace led on.
Though dear enough our mountain land,
In serried ranks to bind us
Against all foes;—yet dearer still
The homes and hearts behind us.
The land our fathers bled on
For liberty, with men as bold
As ever Wallace led on.
Though dear enough our mountain land,
In serried ranks to bind us
Against all foes;—yet dearer still
The homes and hearts behind us.
Though dear enough our mountain land,
In serried ranks to bind us
Against all foes;—yet dearer still
The homes and hearts behind us.
In serried ranks to bind us
Against all foes;—yet dearer still
The homes and hearts behind us.
Say not that men of other climes
Have stronger arms, or braver,
Or that the land that Freemen own
Hired hordes can e'er enslave her.
Should e'er they touch our dear lov'd shores,
A wall of steel they'll find us;
For Gallic sword shall never reach
The homes and hearts behind us.
Have stronger arms, or braver,
Or that the land that Freemen own
Hired hordes can e'er enslave her.
Should e'er they touch our dear lov'd shores,
A wall of steel they'll find us;
For Gallic sword shall never reach
The homes and hearts behind us.
Should e'er they touch our dear lov'd shores, etc.
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Though men of peace, if war should come,
In friendship's lap while lying,
The lamb will then a lion turn,
The Eagle's brood defying,
And shake in wrath his shaggy mane:
Then foremost you shall find us,
The Volunteers, to shield from harm
The homes and hearts behind us.
In friendship's lap while lying,
The lamb will then a lion turn,
The Eagle's brood defying,
And shake in wrath his shaggy mane:
Then foremost you shall find us,
The Volunteers, to shield from harm
The homes and hearts behind us.
And shake in wrath his shaggy mane, etc.
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