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 Than the noble mother or noble wife
 * Who sent him forth in the cause of right.

Mothers and wives, ’tis the call for men
 * To give their strength and to give their lives;

But well we know, such a summons then
 * Is the call for mothers and loyal wives.

For you must give us the strength we need,
 * You must give us the boys in blue,

For never a boy or a man shall bleed
 * But a mother or wife shall suffer, too.