Our Country, now and ever!
Land of the good and free!
What daring hand would sever
The ties of Liberty?
Let him be known as traitor,
And traitor shall he be;
Who would insult this nation
Must first himself be free.
For such are slaves and cowards—
Their names a thing of shame;
To endless time our Union
Will but increase in fame.
Fight, comrades, for our nation,
For Freedom’s holy light;
In union is salvation,
God will protect the right.