People's Chant, The

Our hearts with holy ardor glow,
                                                                           Hurrah!
The spoiler’s power to overthrow,
                                                                           Hurrah!
To scourge the robbers to their den,
And give the rule to honest men.
                                                 Hurrah! Hurrah! Hurrah!

For Truth and Right we take our stand,
                                                                           Hurrah!
For only they can save the land,
                                                                           Hurrah!
And bring again, beneath their sway,
The glory of our ancient day.
                                                 Hurrah! Hurrah! Hurrah!

We march with hearts resolved and strong
                                                                           Hurrah!
To grapple with the hoary wrong,
                                                                           Hurrah!
Our battle-cry, Free Speech! Freee Soil!
Free Homesteads for the sons of toil!
                                                 Hurrah! Hurrah! Hurrah!

Then peal again the onset-note,
                                                                           Hurrah!

We’ll conquer with the freeman’s vote,
                                                                           Hurrah!
Till victory crowns our righteous cause,
We’ll neither faint, nor tire, nor pause.
                                                 Hurrah! Hurrah! Hurrah!
 

Title
People's Chant, The
First Line
Our hearts with holy ardor glow,
Creator
Daguerreotype of William BurleighWilliam Henry Burleigh
Bibliographic Citation
Burleigh, William Henry, ed. Republican Campaign Songster, for 1860. New York: H. Dayton, 1860, 17-18.
Date
1860
Period
Late
Subject
Politics
1860 Republican ElephantRepublican Party
Rating
★
Item sets
Burleigh Resources ALL
William Henry Burleigh Poems
Media
The People's ChantThe People's Chant