Key Note Song

Verse 1

There's a battle song to sing, An alarm bell loud to ring; There's a drumbeat to be heard, And a nation to be stirred; Strike the key note, ring it out, Send it with a loyal shout Send it with a loyal shout; Loud and long, loud and long, loud and long; Strike the key note bold and strong.

Verse 2

Think it not a skirmish light, 'Tis to be a nation's fight! Cities, towns, shall feel the stroke, Hills be darkened with the smoke, Horse and foot in battle heat Shall together clashing meet, Shall together clashing meet; Not in play, not in play, not in play; It shall be a sturdy fray.

Verse 3

Hail! Columbia, dare to be God's peculiar land and free; Brothers, let the key note ring, Mothers, pray, and children, sing; Drive the traffic to the wall; Prohibition! shout it, all, Prohibition! shout it, all; Pray and vote! pray and vote, pray and vote, And ring out a grand key note.