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 The drums may play and the flags may fly,
 * And our boys may don the brown and blue,

And the call that summons brave men to die
 * Is the call for glorious women, too.

Mothers and wives, if the summons comes,
 * You, as ever since war has been,

Must hear with courage the rolling drums
 * And dry your tears when the flags are seen.

For never has hero fought and died
 * Who has braver been than the mother, who

Buckled his saber at his side,
 * And sent him forward to dare and do.

Mothers and wives, should the call ring out,
 * It is you must answer your country’s cry;

You must furnish brave hearts and stout
 * For the firing line where the heroes die.

And never a corpse on the field of strife
 * Should be honored more in his country’s sight