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FORT DONELSON.
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Wild ran the fire along our veins,
To nerve our failing powers;
We strewed with death the reeking plains;
But—Donelson is ours!
Up with the Federal flag, my boys!
Down with the Stars and Bars!
Three times three cheers! till Europe hears:
All hail the Stripes and Stars!
To nerve our failing powers;
We strewed with death the reeking plains;
But—Donelson is ours!
Up with the Federal flag, my boys!
Down with the Stars and Bars!
Three times three cheers! till Europe hears:
All hail the Stripes and Stars!
The frowning hills above us stood
Like doorless, granite towers:
There traitors lurked, athirst for blood;
They and the hills are ours!
Up with the Federal flag, my boys!
Down with the Stars and Bars!
Three times three cheers!—Creation hears:
All hail the Stripes and Stars!
Like doorless, granite towers:
There traitors lurked, athirst for blood;
They and the hills are ours!
Up with the Federal flag, my boys!
Down with the Stars and Bars!
Three times three cheers!—Creation hears:
All hail the Stripes and Stars!
Down on our right their cannon-balls
Dropped swift as summer showers;
On rushed our troops—right through their walls!
Fort Donelson was ours!
Up with the Federal flag, my boys!
Down with the Stars and Bars!
Dropped swift as summer showers;
On rushed our troops—right through their walls!
Fort Donelson was ours!
Up with the Federal flag, my boys!
Down with the Stars and Bars!
