Strike for the Right

TO

Honest Abe Lincoln.

STRIKE for the RIGHT

Sung with rapturous applause at the

FANUEIL HALL Ratification Meeting

WORDS & MUSIC BY

E.W. LOCKE.

3 1860

BOSTON

Published by OLIVER DITSON & Co 277 Washington St

FIRTH, POND & Co. N. York J. CHURCH. Jr Cinn. BECK & LAWTON. Philada G.C.ClLAPP & Co. Boston

Entered according to act of Congress AD 1860 by E.W. Locke in the Clerk's Office of the Dist. Court of Maine

Lincoln dedic: also p. 5.

STRIKE FOR THE RIGHT:

E.W. LOCKE.

Once more to the combat with rekindled zeal, Our flag to the breeze, and our hands to the steel! We strike for the right, and we ask no delay. We're ready and eager to rush to the fray.

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4 CHORUS.

[4-part system of music follows, all singing the same lyrics.]

AIR. Strike for the right, men, strike for the right!

ALTO.

TENOR. Strike for the right, men, strike for the right!

BASS.

Close up your ranks, men, show them your might! Rulers may tremble, and

Close up your ranks, men, show them your might! Rulers may tremble, and

power may quail; We strike for the right, and right shall prevail.

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2d Verse. Our forests and lakes, from Wisconsin to Maine, Send out their brave sons to the conflict again; While mountain and prairie, with campfires aglow, Re-echo the war-cry, and welcome the blow.

3d .. The trumpets are sounding, the battle's begun, There's danger to face and there's work to be one; The timid and sluggard may shrink from the fray, The glory compensates our struggles to day.

4th .. Already their peril is felt by our foes, Already they falter and shrink from our blows; The shout of our comrades rings thrilling and clear; The victory is certain the victory's near.

5th .. A cheer for our leaders, the twin-hearted braves! A cheer for the banner that over us waves! With Lincoln and Hamlin we've nothing to fear The victory is certain the victory's' near.

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