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 Justice and truth must reign,
 * Power of the brute must cease.

Aye, we will follow the flag,
 * Gladly her work we’ll do,

Banishing wrongs of old,
 * Founding the truth anew.

What though our guns must speak,
 * What though brave men must die,

Ages of truth to come
 * All this shall justify.

Men in the charms of peace,
 * Basking in Freedom’s sun,

Some day shall bless our flag
 * After our work is done.

Aye, we will follow the flag
 * Wherever she goes,

Into the tropic sun,
 * Into the northern snows.

Fearlessly, on we’ll go
 * Into the cruel strife,

Gladly the few shall die,
 * Winning for many, life.