Hear the Northern thunders mutter! Northern flags in South winds flutter! To arms! Send them back your fierce defiance! Stamp upon the accursed alliance! To arms! Advance the flag of Dixie! Fear no danger! shun no labor! Lift up rifle, pike, and sabre! To arms! Shoulder pressing close to shoulder, Let the odds make each heart bolder! To arms! Advance the flag of Dixie! How the South's great heart rejoices At your cannon's ringing voices! To arms! For faith betrayed, and pledges broken, Wrongs inflicted, insults spoken, To arms! Advance the flag of Dixie! Strong as lions, swift as eagles, Back to their kennels hunt these beagles! To arms! Cut the unequal bond asunder! Let them hence each other plunder! To arms! Advance the flag of Dixie! Swear upon your country's altar Never to submit or falter! To arms! Till the spoilers are defeated, Till the Lord's work is completed, To arms! Advance the flag of Dixie! Halt not till our Federation Secures among earth's powers its station To arms! Then at peace, and crowned with glory, Hear your children tell the story! To arms! Advance the flag of Dixie! If the loved ones weep in sadness, Victory soon shall bring them gladness. To arms! Exultant pride soon vanish sorrow; Smiles chase tears away to-morrow. To arms! To arms! To arms, in Dixie! Advance the flag of Dixie! Hurrah! hurrah! For Dixie's land we take our stand, And live or die for Dixie! To arms! To arms! And conquer peace for Dixie! To arms! To arms! And conquer peace for Dixie! [Southern.] [Illustration] [Illustration] THE OATH OF FREEDOM. BY JAMES BARRON HOPE. Born free, thus we resolve to live: By Heaven, we will be free! By all the stars which burn on high-- By the green earth--the mighty sea-- By God's unshaken majesty, We will be free or die! Then let the drums all roll! Let all the trumpets blow! Mind, heart, and soul, We spurn control Attempted by a foe! Born free, thus we resolve to live: By Heaven, we will be free! And, vainly now the Northmen try To beat us down--in arms we stand To strike for this our native land! We will be free or die! Then let the drums all roll! Born free, we thus resolve to live: By Heaven, we will be free! Our wives and children look on high, Pray God to smile upon the right! And bid us in the deadly fight As freemen live or die! Then let the drums all roll!