The Harrison Song.

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By Thomas Power, Esq.
TUNE — "In the days when we went Gypsying."
(Set to music and Copyright secured by Parker & Ditson.)

In days of old, as we've been told,
Was one to valor dear,
Whose ploughshare was a falchion once,
His pruning-hook a spear;
When notes of war were heard no more,
He laid his falchion down,
And since, most worthily he bore
A verdant laurel crown.

Chorus.
With heart and voice we'll gaily sing,
And tell Columbia's foe
Of the days when he went soldiering,
A long time ago, —
Of the days, &c.

No hireling train, with galling chain,
Shall make us bend the knee,
For fearless bands, with daring hands,
Have struck for Liberty!

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We've raised on high the rallying cry,
That tells a nation's fate;
The word is borne to distant skies —
HIS NAME HAS SAVED THE STATE!

Chorus.
With heart and voice we'll gaily sing,
And tell Columbia's foe,
Of the days when he went soldiering,
A long time ago, —
Of the days, &c.

Then who but he, the true and free,
The Farmer of North Bend,
Can deeply feel the nation's weal,
Or be the people friend?
Should baneful war approach our shore,
Will strew with prostrate, fallen foes
The deadly battle plain.

Chorus.
With heart and voice we'll gaily sing,
And tell Columbia's foe
Of the days when he went soldiering,
A long time ago, — Of the days, &c.

From stately hall and cabin wall
Let paeans loud arise;
The people's choice is HARRISON,
The dauntless and the wise.
O'er every hill be echoed still
The watchword of the brave, —
A knell to every tyrant ear, —
THE HERO COMES TO SAVE!

Chorus.
With heart and voice we'll gaily sing,
And tell Columbia's foe
Of the days when he went soldiering,
A long time ago, —
Of the days, &c.