Key Note Song

There's a battle song to sing (song to sing, song to sing),An alarm bell loud to ring (loud to ring, loud to ring);There's a drum-beat to be heard,And a nation to be stirred;Strike the key-note, ring it out (ring it out, ring it out),Send it with a loyal shout (loyal shout, loyal shout),Send it with a loyal shout (loyal shout, loyal shout);Loud and long (loud and long), loud and long, loud and long;Strike the key-note bold and strong.

Think it not a skirmish light (skirmish light, skirmish light),'Tis to be a nation's fight (nation's fight, nation's fight)!Cities, towns, shall feel the stroke,Hills be darkened with the smoke,Horse and foot in battle heat (battle heat, battle heat)Shall together clashing meet (clashing meet, clashing meet),Shall together clashing meet (clashing meet, clashing meet);Not in play (not in play), not in play, not in play;It shall be a sturdy fray.

Hail! Columbia, dare to be (dare to be, dare to be)God's peculiar land and free (land and free, land and free);Brothers, let the key-note ring,Mothers, pray, and children, sing;Drive the traffic to the wall (to the wall, to the wall);Prohibition! shout it, all (shout it, all, shout it, all),Prohibition! shout it, all (shout it, all, shout it, all);Pray and vote (pray and vote)! pray and vote, pray and vote,And ring out a grand key-note.