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Collection oj " Masterpieces "' 
 
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 Li r 
 
 National Songs 
 
 With numerous original 
 illustrations by 
 
 GEORGE T. TOBIN 
 
 NEW YORK 
 
 Fkedeuick A. Stokes Company 
 
 publishers 
 
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 1093. 
 
 Copyright, 1898, />.r 
 Frederick A. Stokes Company 
 
 oNFcorv RfCE(VED 
 
Contents, 
 
 IHll SIAK-SFAKljI.I'.ll 
 AMERICA . 
 
 IJAINJNB.K . 
 
 11 
 
 35 
 
 COLUMBIA THE GEM 
 
 OF THE OCEAN . 
 
 53 
 
 HAIL COLUMBIA 
 
 
 6 3 
 
 Yankee doodle 
 
 
 9i 
 
 DIXIE 
 
 
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Xist of Illustrations. 
 
 COl UMBIA THE (.KM OF THE 
 
 OCEAN," . . . Frontispiece 
 
 WHAT SO PROUDLY WE HAILED AT 
 THE TWILIGHT'S LAST GLEAM- 
 ING," . . . . . . \J ■ 
 
 O'ER THE LAND OF THE FREE AND 
 
 THE HOME OF THE BRAVE," . 23 •' 
 
 NOW [T CATCHES THE GLEAM OF 
 
 THE MORNING'S FIRST BEAM," 29. 
 
 BLEST WITH VICTORY AND PEACE," 3} 
 
 FROM EVERY MOUNTAIN-SIDE LET 
 
 FREEDOM RING. 11 41 
 
 1 LET MUSIC SWELL THE BREEZE, 11 . 45 
 LONG MAS' OUR LAND BE BRIGHT," 51 
 
 THREE CHEERS FOR THE RED, 
 
 WHITE AND BLUE," . . .59 
 
 ENJOy'd THE PEACE YOUR VALOR 
 
 WON," 6j 
 
IMMORTAL PATRIOTS I RISE ONCE 
 
 MORE," 73 V 
 
 THAT TRUTH AND JUSTICE WILL 
 
 PREVAIL," ..... 77v 
 
 SOUND, SOUND THE TRUMP OF 
 
 FAME," Sj 
 
 BEHOLD THE CHIEF WHO NOW 
 
 COMMANDS,"" . .... 89 
 
 MIND THE MUSIC AND THE STEP," 05 
 
 AND THERE WAS GENERAL WASH- 
 INGTON," . . . . .IOI 
 
 AND THERE I REE*D A L1TITLE KEG," U>J 
 
 AND SCAMPERED 11 o M K T 
 
 MOTHER," 113 
 
 LIVE OR DIE FOR DIXIE," . . Iiy 
 
 IF THE LOVED ONES WEEP IN SAD- 
 NESS," . . . . .12, 
 
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 Banner 
 
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THE STAR-SPANGLED 
 BANNER. 
 
 Oh ! say, can you see 
 by the dawn's early light, 
 
 What so proudly we hailed 
 at the twilight's last gleam- 
 ing ; 
 Whose broad Stripes and bright 
 Stars 
 through the perilous fight 
 On the ramparts we watched 
 Were so gallantly stream- 
 ing ? 
 And the rocket's red glare, 
 The bombs bursting in air, 
 
OUR NATIONAL SONGS. 
 
 Gave proof through the night 
 
 that our Flag was still there . 
 Oh, say, does that 
 
 Star- Spangled Banner yet 
 wave 
 O'er the Land of the Free 
 and the Home of the Brave ? 
 
 On the shore dimly seen, 
 
 through the mists of the deep, 
 Where the foe's haughty 
 host 
 in dread silenee reposes ; 
 What is that which the breeze, 
 o'er the towering steep 
 
 As it fitfully blows, 
 half conceals, half discloses ! 
 
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"What so proudly we 
 
 hailed at the twi- 
 light's last gleaming-" 
 

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T H K S T A K - S I' A N G I. E I) B A N NE R . 
 
 Now it catches the gleam 
 of the morning's first beam ; 
 
 Its full glory reflected, 
 now shines on the stream, 
 'Tis the Star-Spangled Banner ! 
 Oh long may it wave 
 
 O'er the Land of the Free 
 and the Home of the Brave ! 
 
 And where is that band 
 who so vauntingly swore, 
 'Mid the havoc of war 
 and the battle's confusion, 
 A home and a country 
 they'd leave us no more ? 
 
 Their blood has washed out 
 their foul footsteps' pollution ; 
 
OUR N A T I N A I. SONGS. 
 
 No refuge can save 
 the hireling and slave, 
 
 From the terror of death, 
 and the gloom of the grave, 
 And the Star-Spangled Banner 
 in triumph shall wave 
 
 O'er the Land of the Free 
 and the Home of the Brave ! 
 
 ( >h thus be it ever 
 
 when Freemen shall stand 
 Between their Loved 
 Homes 
 and the war's desolation ; 
 Blest with victory and peace. 
 may the Heaven-rescued 
 Land, [made 
 
 Praise the Lower that hath 
 20 
 
O'er the Land of the 
 Free and the Home 
 of the Brave." 
 
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and preserved us a Nation : 
 Then conquer we must, 
 
 when our cause it is just, 
 And this be our motto : 
 — " In God is Our Trust." 
 And the Star-Spangled 
 Banner 
 in triumph shall wave, 
 
 O'er the Land of the Free 
 and the Home of the Brave. 
 
"Now it catches the 
 gleam of the morn- 
 ings first beam." 
 
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Blest with victory 
 and peace." 
 
Emerica, 
 
 /IDp Country 'THs of 
 
 TLhcc 
 
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AMERICA. 
 
 MY COUNTRY, 'TIS OF THEE. 
 
 My Country, 'tis of thee, 
 Sweet land of liberty, 
 
 Of thee I sing ; 
 Land where my fathers died, 
 
 Land of the pilgrim's 
 pride 
 From every mountain-side 
 Let freedom ring. 
 
 My native country, thee, 
 Land of the noble, free, 
 
 Thy name I love ; 
 
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U V K N A T I () 
 
 I love thy rocks and rills, 
 
 Thy woods and templed 
 hills 
 
 My heart with rapture thrills, 
 Like that above. 
 
 Let music swell the breeze. 
 
 And ring from all the trees 
 Sweet freedom's song ; 
 Let mortal tongues awake, 
 
 Let all that breathe par- 
 take, 
 Let rocks their silence break, — ■ 
 The sound prolong. 
 
 Our fathers' God, to thee, 
 Author of liberty. 
 
 To thee we sing ; 
 
 38 
 
' k From every mount- 
 ain-side let freedom 
 ring." 
 
" Let music swell the 
 breeze." 
 

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Long- may our land be bright 
 
 With freedom's holy light, 
 Protect us by Thy might, 
 
 Great God, our King. 
 
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" Long may our land 
 be bright." 
 
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Columbia 
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COLUMBIA 
 
 THE GEM OF THE OCEAN. 
 
 O Columbia ! 
 
 the gem of the ocean, 
 The home of the brave and 
 the free, 
 The shrine of 
 
 each patriot's devotion, 
 A world offers homage 
 to thee. 
 Thy mandates 
 
 make heroes assemble, 
 When Liberty's form 
 stands in view, 
 
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O UK NATION A I. SONGS. 
 
 Thy banners 
 
 make tyranny tremble, 
 When born bv the red, 
 white and bine. 
 
 When war winged its wide 
 desolation, 
 And threatened the land 
 to deform. 
 The ark then of freedom's 
 foundation, 
 Columbia rode safe through 
 the storm ; 
 With her garlands of vict'ry 
 around her, 
 When so proudly she bore 
 her brave crew, 
 With her Hag proudly floating 
 before her, 
 S6 
 
4 Three cheers for the 
 red, white and blue." 
 
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CO LU M B I A. 
 
 The boast of the red, white 
 and blue. 
 
 The wine-cup, the wine-cup 
 bring hither, 
 And fill you it true to the 
 brim ! 
 May the wreaths they have won 
 never wither, 
 Nor the star of their glory 
 grow dim ! 
 May the service united ne'er 
 sever, 
 But they to their colours 
 prove true ! 
 The Army and Navy forever. 
 Three cheers for the red, 
 white and blue ! 
 61 
 
ftmil Columbia 
 5osepb Ibopfetneon 
 
"Enjoy'd tlie peace 
 your valor avoil" 
 
HAIL COLUMBIA. 
 
 Hail, Columbia! happy land! 
 Hail, ye heroes ! heaven-born 
 
 band ! 
 Who fought and bled in 
 
 Freedom's cause, 
 Who fought and bled in 
 
 Freedom's cause, 
 And when the storm of war 
 
 was gone, 
 Enjoy 'd the peace your valor 
 
 won. 
 
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OUR NATION A 
 
 Let independence be our boast, 
 Ever mindful what it cost ; 
 Ever grateful for the prize, 
 Let its altar reach the skies. 
 Firm — united — let us be, 
 Rallying round our Liberty ; 
 As a band of brothers join'd, 
 Peace and safety we shall 
 find. 
 
 Immortal patriots ! rise 
 
 once more ; 
 Defend your rights, defend 
 
 your shore, 
 Let no rude foe, with impious 
 
 hand, 
 Let no rude foe, with impious 
 
 hand, 
 
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Immortal patriots 
 rise once more." 
 
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That truth and jus- 
 tice will prevail." 
 
HAIL COLUMBIA 
 
 Invade the shrine where sacred 
 
 lies 
 Of toil and blood the well-earn'd 
 
 prize. 
 While offering peace sincere 
 
 and just, 
 In Heaven we place a 
 
 manly trust 
 That truth and justice will 
 
 prevail, 
 And every scheme of bondage 
 
 fail. 
 
 Firm — united, etc. 
 
 Sound, sound the trump of 
 
 Fame ! 
 Let Washington's great name 
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O U R N A T IONAL SONGS. 
 
 Ring through the world 
 
 with loud applause, 
 
 Ring through the world 
 
 with loud applause : 
 
 Let every clime to Freedom 
 
 dear 
 Listen with a joyful ear. 
 
 With equal skill, and god-like 
 power. 
 He governs in the fearful 
 hour 
 Of horrid war ; or guides 
 
 with ease, 
 The happier times of honest 
 peace. 
 
 Firm — united, etc. 
 So 
 
' Sound, Sound the 
 trump of Fame." 
 

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H A I L C L V M B I A . 
 
 Behold the chief who now 
 
 commands, 
 Once more to serve his country 
 stands — 
 The rock on which the 
 
 storm will beat, 
 The rock on which the 
 storm will beat : 
 But arm'd in virtue firm 
 
 and true, 
 His hopes are fixed on 
 Heaven and you. 
 When Hope was sinking 
 
 in dismay, 
 And glooms obscured 
 Columbia's day, 
 
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Ol'R NATIONAL SONGS. 
 
 His steady mind from changes 
 
 free, 
 Resolved on death or 
 
 liberty. 
 
 Firm— united, etc. 
 
 50 
 
"Behold the chief 
 who now commands." 
 
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Mind tlie music and 
 the step." 
 
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YANKEE DOODLE. 
 
 Father and I went down to 
 camp, 
 Along with Captain Goodwin, 
 
 And there we saw the men and 
 boys, 
 As thick as hasty pudding;. 
 Yankee doodle keep it up, 
 Yankee doodle dandy, 
 Mind the music and the step, 
 And with the girls be handy. 
 
 97 
 
OUR NATIONAL SONGS. 
 
 And there was Gen'ral Wash- 
 ington, 
 Upon a snow-white charger, 
 He look'd as big as all out doors, 
 Some thought he was much 
 larger. 
 
 And then the feathers on his 
 hat, 
 
 They look so tarnal finey, 
 I wanted peskily to get 
 
 To give to my Jemima. 
 
 And there was Col'nel Putnam 
 too, 
 Drest in his regimentals, 
 I guess as how the British King, 
 Can't whip our Continentals. 
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And there was Gene- 
 ral Washington/' 
 

YANKEE DOODLE. 
 
 And there they had a copper 
 gun, 
 
 Big as a log- of maple, 
 They tied it to a wooden cart, 
 
 A load for Father's cattle. 
 
 And every time they fir'd it off, 
 It took a horn of powder, 
 
 It made a noise like Father's 
 gun, 
 Only a nation louder. 
 
 I went as near to it myself, 
 
 As anybody dare go, 
 And Father went as near again. 
 
 I thought he darn't do so. 
 
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.OUR NATIONAL SONGS. 
 
 It scared me so I ran the streets, 
 Nor stopped as I remember, 
 
 Till I got home and safely 
 locked 
 In granny's little chamber. 
 
 And there I see'd a little keg, 
 All bound around with leather. 
 
 They beat it with two little 
 sticks, 
 To call the men together. 
 
 And there they fifed away like 
 fun, 
 And play'd on cornstalk fid- 
 dles, 
 
 And some had ribbins round 
 their hats, 
 
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And there I see'd 
 little keg-." 
 
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YANKEE DOODLE. 
 
 And some around their mid- 
 dles. 
 
 The troopers too, would gallop 
 up, 
 And fire in all direction, 
 I thought they really meant to 
 kill, 
 All the cow boys in the na- 
 tion. 
 
 But I can't tell you half I see'd, 
 They kept up such a smother, 
 
 I took my hat off, made a bow, 
 And scampered home to 
 Mother. 
 
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•And scampered home 
 to Mother/' 
 
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Live or die for 
 Dixie." 
 
DIXIE. 
 
 Southrons, hear your. coun- 
 try call you ! 
 
 Up, lest worse than death befall 
 you ! 
 To arms! To arms! To 
 arms in Dixie ! 
 
 Lo ! all the beacon-fires are 
 lighted — 
 
 Let all hearts be now united ! 
 
 To arms ! To arms ! To 
 arms, in Dixie / 
 
OUR NATIONAL SONGS. 
 
 Advance the flag of Dixie .' 
 Hurrah ! Hurrah ! 
 For Dixie s land we take our 
 stand, 
 And live or die for Dixie ! 
 To arms ! To arms ! 
 And conquer peace for Dixie ! 
 
 To arms .' To arms .' 
 And conquer peace for Dixie ! 
 
 Fear no danger ! Shun no la- 
 bor ! 
 
 Lift up rifle, pike, and sabre ! 
 To arms ! 
 
 Shoulder pressing close to 
 shoulder, 
 
 Let the odds make each heart 
 bolder! 
 
"If the loved ones 
 weep in sadness/' 
 
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To arms / 
 Advance the flag of Dixie ! 
 
 Swear upon your country's altar 
 Never to submit or falter ! 
 
 To arms ! 
 Till the spoilers are defeated, 
 Till the Lord's work is com- 
 pleted. 
 
 To arms ! 
 Advance the flag of Dixie ! 
 
 If the loved ones weep in sad- 
 ness, 
 
 Victory soon shall bring them 
 gladnes«s. 
 
 To arms ! 
 
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O U R NATIONAL SONGS. 
 
 Exultant pride soon vanish sor- 
 row ; 
 Smiles chase tears away to- 
 morrow. 
 To arms .' To arms .' To 
 anus, in Dixie .' 
 . idvance the flag of Dixie ! 
 Hurrah ! Hurra Ji .' 
 
 For Dixie's land we take our 
 
 stand, 
 And live or die for Dixie ! 
 
 To arms .' To arms .' 
 And conquer peace forDixie! 
 
 To arms .' To arms / 
 And conquer peace for Dixie ! 
 
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