Strike for Our Rights, Avenge Your Wrongs.

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TUNE -- "Rose of Alabama."

Columbia's sons rush forth in throngs,
And shouting freedom's holy songs,
Strike for your rights, avenge your wrongs,
Upon the Rio Grande.

Sing to the Rio,
The rolling Rio Grande,
Our foes shall bow the knees, oh,
To "Yankee Doodle Dandy."

Remember gallant Cross, laid low,
Assassinated by the foe,
Then strike the bold avenging blow,
Upon the Rio Grande.

On to the Rio, &c.

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Remember Porter's treacherous death,
And swear unto your latest breath,
To lay his murd'rers in his path,
Upon the Rio Grande.

Upon the Rio, &c.

Remember how your brothers fell,
While marching on to Isabel,
Surrounded by the curs of hell,
Upon the Rio Grande.

Then on to the Rio, &c.

Think of the goals of Santa Fee,
Where Freemen in captivity,
Felt Mexico's foul tyranny,
Across the Rio Grande.

On to the Rio, &c.

Think of each harmless merchant bark,
Struck by these pirates in the dark,
With hearts more cruel than the shark,
Upon the Rio Grande.

On to the Rio, &c.

Then strike by noble Taylor's side,
Till freedom's stars in triumph wide,
Shall float from the Pacific's tide,
Unto the Rio Grande.

On to the Rio,
The rolling Rio Grande.
Our foes shall bend their knees, oh,
To Yankee Doodle Dandy.