 | Original Songs (1861) |  |
64
WE ARE WAITING FOR THE DAY.
I
We are waiting for the day,Let it come when it may,
To prove we're Englishmen.
We make no idle boast,
Once near our rocky coast,
And see what we'll do then.
Let but the trumpet sound th' alarm,
Then nerved will be each British arm,
To strike for home and beauty.
Our regulars will lead the van,
And every British rifleman
That day will do his duty.
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II
Not by our arms aloneThe foe will be o'erthrown:
We put our trust on High.
The cause for which we fight
Is Freedom, Truth, and Right,
And we on God rely.
That faith which strengthens every heart,
That right from whence we ne'er depart,
Give to our cause its beauty;
And as our forefathers began,
We'll end, nor cease while we've a man
Alive to do his duty.
T. M.
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