A 1927 popular song.
Based on the hymn “Let the Lower Lights Be Burning”.
Song suggested by Kevin Lockwood.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
1. On the hilltops, on the mountain
Brightly gleams our mystic sign
Calling Klansmen to the fountain
Filled with drops of love divine
CHORUS
Let the Fiery Cross be burning
Spread its beams o’er land and sea
Satan’s wiles forever spurning
Bringing Christ to you and me
2. Serried ranks in stainless armor
Kneel before that flaming tree
Pledging life and wealth and honor
All for Christ and chivalry
3. Side by side, always non Silba
Songs of praise and promise sing
Hand in hand, always Sed Anthar
All for Christ, the Klansman’s King
4. Clasp the cross, oh, Klansman peerless
Pledge to God Thy strength anew
Stand ye forth erect and fearless
Strike for home and kindred true
5. Rally ’round the sacred altar
Purged of sin and baseless fear
Ne’er shall Knight in armor falter
Nor shall craven enter here