A bit of history from The Mexican-American War of 1846.
Words by Mrs. M. A. Holley.
Music by Wilhelm Iucho.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Hark, hark the clarion sounds to arms
The welkin rings with war’s alarms
The youth awakes to glory’s charms
And high soul’d chivalry
A host is on the Battle plain
And murd’rers lead the hostile train
The Texan Chiefs are with the slain
Martyrs to Liberty
The Texan Chiefs are with the slain
Martyrs to Liberty - Brave Houston leads a gallant band
Felix, the happy takes command
Rush, freemen, to the promised land
And Texas shall be free
Sant Anna, savage, fiend, no more
Our lovely fields shall drench with gore
The monster never met before
So brave an enemy
The monster never met before
So brave an enemy - He dared, all used to coward men
To beard the lion in his den
Oh, shall he e’er escape again
Agents of Destiny?
The Pharaoh host had cross’d the tide
The arms of God expanded wide
And to the perjured foe denied
Fresh feats of perfidy
And to the perjured foe denied
Fresh feats of perfidy - Religion, can thy holy name
Associate with pollution, shame?
The blood-red flag thy sanction claim?
And such ferocity?
Sound clarion sound, on freemen on
To Brazos’ banks, where deeds are done
Worthy immortal Washington
And all Eternity
Worthy immortal Washington
And all Eternity
Sung here by Vancha March: