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== | ==Text (Confederate version)== | ||
Our flag is proudly floating on the land and on the main, | <poem> | ||
Shout, shout the battle cry of Freedom! | '''1.''' Our flag is proudly floating on the land and on the main, | ||
Beneath it oft we've conquered, and we'll conquer oft again! | Shout, shout the battle cry of Freedom! | ||
Beneath it oft we've conquered, and we'll conquer oft again! | |||
Shout, shout the battle cry of Freedom! | Shout, shout the battle cry of Freedom! | ||
'''Refrain:''' | |||
Our Dixie forever! She's never at a loss! | |||
Down with the eagle and up with the cross | |||
We'll rally 'round the bonny flag, we'll rally once again, | |||
Shout, shout the battle cry of Freedom! | |||
Our gallant boys have marched to the rolling of the drums. | '''2.''' Our gallant boys have marched to the rolling of the drums. | ||
Shout, shout the battle cry of Freedom! | Shout, shout the battle cry of Freedom! | ||
And the leaders in charge cry out, "Come, boys, come!" | And the leaders in charge cry out, "Come, boys, come!" | ||
Shout, shout the battle cry of Freedom! | Shout, shout the battle cry of Freedom! | ||
'''3.''' They have laid down their lives on the bloody battle field. | |||
Shout, shout the battle cry of Freedom! | |||
Their motto is resistance – "To the tyrants never yield!" | |||
Shout, shout the battle cry of Freedom! | |||
'''4.''' While our boys have responded and to the fields have gone. | |||
Shout, shout the battle cry of Freedom! | Shout, shout the battle cry of Freedom! | ||
Our noble women also have aided them at home. | |||
Our noble women also have aided them at home. | |||
Shout, shout the battle cry of Freedom! | Shout, shout the battle cry of Freedom! | ||
</poem> | |||
== Ursprung == | == Ursprung == |