The Song of Our Nation
or,
Fight For The Right and Free Cuba
Words & music by Harry Holliday
Published 1898

When the trumpet sounds, and the drums they beat,
We're marching on our foes to meet,
And fight that Cuba shall be free
Forever and forever,
Yes, we'll fight and we'll die
with the stars and stripes on high,
We fight for the cause of Cuba,
She shall never more belong
to the Spaniards ever wrong,
That we fight and we die for Cuba.

[chorus]
For the Song of our nation,
Shall ever be for right,
The Song of our nation,
Never fear to fight,
For humanity's our cause,
That will meet the world's applause,
As we fight for the right and our Nation.

Our gallant Tars are on the deep,
Into the fray they wait to leap
With battle cry to do or die
Remember the Maine, remember
Our guns they will roar,
We will soon be on the shore,
The shore and land of fair Cuba,
For the enemy will run
When they hear the Yankee gun,
While fighting for right and Cuba.

[repeat chorus]