MUSIC

THE YOUNG VOLUNTEER By John Hill Hewitt (1863) (1801-1890)

Our flag is unfurl'd and our arms flash bright, As the sun lights up the sky; But ere I join the doubtful fight, Lovely maid, I would say "Good bye." I'm a young volunteer, and my heart is true To our flag that woos the wind; Then three cheers for that flag and our country, too, And the girls we leave behind. CHORUS: Then adieu, adieu, 'tis the last bugle's strain That is falling on the ear; Should it so be decreed that we ne'er meet again, Oh, remember the Young Volunteer. When over the desert, thro' burning rays, With a heavy heart I tread; Or when I breast the cannon's blaze, And bemoan my comrades dead, Then, then will I think of my home and you, And our flag shall kiss the wind; With huzza for our cause and our country, too, And the girls we leave behind. CHORUS



Thanks to Benjamin Tubb of
The Music of the American Civil War (1861-1865)
for permission to use his MIDI file of
The Young Volunteer.
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