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by Percy MacKaye (1875 - 1956)

The Battle Call of Alliance
Language: English 
Awake! Awake! The winds of dawn
Blow fire across the world;
The ships go forth where dangers spawn
And coils of death are curled;
And souls of men go forth with them
And hearts of men aspire,
New kindled by the ancient flame
Of man’s immortal fire.

Arise! Renew with nobler dreams
The faith we name our own;
The bugle calls to vaster schemes
Which God hath dreamed alone.
To save a planet’s liberties
He joineth now our hands,
With brothers fighting over-seas
Among the ruin’d lands.

To arms! To arms for freedom,
And end the reign of czars!
America, America
Unfurls her flaming stars!
To arme! To arms for freedom,
And end the reign of czars!
America, America
Unfurls her flaming stars!

Text Authorship:

  • by Percy MacKaye (1875 - 1956) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by (Henry Louis) Reginald De Koven (1859 - 1920), "The Battle Call of Alliance", published <<1917 [ voice and piano ], Boston, New York : G. Schirmer [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Laura Prichard [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2016-05-17
Line count: 24
Word count: 123

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