FOUR FAMOUS SONGS

I. American

MY COUNTRY 'T IS OF THEE

My country, 't is of thee,
Sweet Land of Liberty,
Of thee I sing;

Land where my fathers died,
Land of the Pilgrim's pride,
From every mountain-side
Let Freedom ring.

My native country, thee,
Land of the noble free,
Thy name I love;

I love thy rocks and rills,
Thy woods and templed hills;
My heart with rapture thrills
Like that above.

Let music swell the breeze,
And ring from all the trees,

Sweet Freedom's song;

Let mortal tongues awake;
Let all that breathe partake;
Let rocks their silence break,

The sound prolong.

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Thy choicest gifts in store
On him be pleased to pour;
Long may he reign.

May he defend our laws,
And ever give us cause

To sing with heart and voice,

God save the King!

HENRY CAREY

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III. German

THE WATCH ON THE RHINE

A voice resounds like thunder-peal,

'Mid dashing waves and clang of steel,
"The Rhine! the Rhine! the German Rhine!
Who guards to-day my stream divine?"

Dear Fatherland! No danger thine:

Firm stand thy sons to watch the Rhine.

They stand, a hundred thousand strong,
Quick to avenge their country's wrong:
With filial love their bosoms swell:
They'll guard the sacred landmark well.

Dear Fatherland! No danger thine:
Firm stand thy sons to watch the Rhine.

And though in death our hopes decay,
The Rhine will own no foreign sway;

For rich with water as its flood
Is Germany with hero blood.

Dear Fatherland! No danger thine:
Firm stand thy sons to watch the Rhine.

From yon blue sky are bending now
The hero-dead to hear our vow:
"As long as German hearts are free
The Rhine, the Rhine, shall German be."
Dear Fatherland! No danger thine :
Firm stand thy sons to watch the Rhine.

"While flows one drop of German blood,
Or sword remains to guard thy flood,
While rifle rests in patriot hand,
No foe shall tread thy sacred strand."

Dear Fatherland! No danger thine:

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Firm stand thy sons to watch the Rhine.

Our oath resounds; the river flows;

In golden light our banner glows;

Our hearts will guard thy stream divine:

The Rhine! the Rhine! the German Rhine!
Dear Fatherland! No danger thine :
Firm stand thy sons to watch the Rhine.

MAX SCHNECKENBURGER

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IV. French

THE MARSEILLAISE

Ye sons of France, awake to glory!
Hark! hark! what myriads bid you rise!
Your children, wives, and grandsires hoary,
Behold their tears and hear their cries!
Shall hateful tyrants, mischief breeding,
With hireling hosts, a ruffian band,
Affright and desolate the land,
While peace and liberty lie bleeding?

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To arms! to arms! ye brave!

The avenging sword unsheathe!
March on

march on all hearts resolved

On victory or death.

Now, now, the dangerous storm is rolling,

Which treacherous kings, confederate, raise;

The dogs of war, let loose, are howling,

And lo! our fields and cities blaze;

And shall we basely view the ruin,

While lawless force, with guilty stride,

Spreads desolation far and wide,

With crimes and blood his hands imbruing?

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