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Thread #8972   Message #2760854
Posted By: Jim Dixon
06-Nov-09 - 10:22 AM
Thread Name: Origins/lyrics: Juba
Subject: Lyr Add: FALL IN, AN' MARCH TO GLORY
From Spanish-American War Songs: A Complete Collection of Newspaper Verse ... compiled and edited by Sidney A. Witherbee (Detroit: Sidney A. Witherbee, 1898), page 361:

FALL IN, AN' MARCH TO GLORY.
Lieut. Chas. A. Foster.

When we stop de war in Cuba
Oh, den we'll pat de Juba,
For de Weyler an' de Spaniards
An' we'll give a dance to Spain,
Wid all de bands a-playin'
An' de regiments arrayin'
For de honor of Ole Glory,
An' our duty to de Maine.

CHORUS. Fall in an' march to Glory
Oh! hear dat music play;
Oh! see dem stars a-gleamin',
Uncle Sam has had his say.
Oh! hear dat eagle screamin'
We're gwine to fight wid Spain,
We're gwine off to Cuba
To settle for de Maine.

Oh, ours will be de glory
For de Maine will live in story.
Dat stain upon her banner
Will eber be foh Spain,
Oh, wid joy we'll hail free Cuba
As we pat for Spain de Juba,
An' all de world will bless dem
Who died upon de Maine.

We'll take down food to Cuba
While Spain will dance de Juba
We'll make de minor incident
A big one for old Spain.
Wid all de bands a-playin'
An' de regiments arrayin'
We'll feed an' free de starvin'
As a duty to de Maine.

It won't take but half a minnit,
For de colored troops are in it,
An' Weyler's woman fighters
Will wish dey was in Spain.
Wid de eagle fiercely screamin'
An Ole Glory's stars a-gleamin'
We'll close de war in Cuba
As a tribute to de Maine.

Oh, we're a gwine, honey,
An' we wouldn't stay for money,
Diplomacy's a goose egg
De Eagle fights wid Spain.
Miss Liberty's a-callin'
Dls is no time for crawlin'
March on beneath Ole Glory
An' don't forget de Maine.