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Where's the coward that would not dare
To fight for such a land?
Where's the coward that would not dare
To fight for such a land?
It is the patriotic duty of every man to lie for his country.
It is the patriotic duty of every man to lie for his country.
Thank God, I--I also--am an American!
Thank God, I--I also--am an American!
For what were all these country patriots born?
To hunt, and vote, and raise the price of corn?
For what were all these country patriots born?
To hunt, and vote, and raise the price of corn?
A brave man's country is wherever he chooses his abode.
[Lat., Patria est ubicumque vir fortis sedem elegerit.]
A brave man's country is wherever he chooses his abode.
[Lat., Patria est ubicumque vir fortis sedem elegerit.]
Our ships were British oak,
And hearts of oak our men.
Our ships were British oak,
And hearts of oak our men.
That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain
force upon the plain of Marathon, or read more
That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain
force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow
warmer among the runs of Iona.
Our federal Union: it must be preserved.
Our federal Union: it must be preserved.
Such is the patriot's boast, where'er we roam,
His first best country ever is at home.
Such is the patriot's boast, where'er we roam,
His first best country ever is at home.
