FROM THE GREAT WAR
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My chance is equal and is fair.
I hope, indeed, that I may live;
In need I have a life to give.
My father long has done his part;
He gave me home and all his heart.
I'd be unworthy of my race
If peril now I dared not face.
My country has done all for me;
I gladly serve to keep it free.
I hope, indeed, that I may live;
In need I have a life to give.
I feel my heart is strong within;
I prize the chance to fight and win.
And if I perish, I but ask
That word come back I did my task.
I'll act so that no blush of shame
Will come to them that bear my name.
I'm happy that, where'er I roam,
My father is secure at home.
I hope, indeed, that I may live;
In need I have a life to give.
