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 THE HYMN OF TEXAN LIBERTY I. Rise, valiant yeomen, one and all, And take your swords in hand; For hear you not the thrilling call Of Freedom through the land? So let her not appeal in vain, But raise for her a holy fane: Rise, freemen, rise! your watchword be: "For Texas and her Liberty!" 2. Leave wife and child, drop tool and plow, Your home, your work forsake! A higher prize of yours is now In danger and at stake: Your faith, your honor and your right Are threatened by the tyrant's might; Rise, freemen, rise! your watchword be: " For Texas and her Liberty!" 3. No earthly treasure is too high. Too great no sacrifice. E'en though it were to bleed and die For Freedom's lofty prize;