Rallying Song

of the 

Tenth Legion, N.Y.S.V.

by A.D. DuBois

(sung to the tune of "Old Empire State")

I.

We have come from the mountains,

We have come from the mountains,

We have come from the mountains

Of the old Empire State.

With the Stars and Stripes above us,

And the prayers of those who love us,

Every single soldier of us

Is prepared for any fate. 

II.

We have left our cheerful quarters

By the Hudson's smiling waters,

And our wives and sons and daughters,

For the fierce and bloody fight.

But they need not deplore us,

With the foe encamped before us,

For the God who watches o'er us

Will himself protect the right.

III.

From the Delaware we rally,

From the Mamakating Valley,

And to combat forth we sally

When our bleeding country calls--

From the Shawangunk Mountains hoary,

And the Minisink, whose story

Tells what recompense of glory

Waits the soldier when he falls.

IV.

From Old Sullivan we muster--

She is loyal, we can trust her--

And from Orange and from Ulster,

And from bright Cochecton's banks,

And there's plenty in those regions 

For a dozen more such Legions,

All as sturdy as Norwegians,

And prepared to fill the ranks.

V.

Then whene'er our Country needs us

And where'er our banner leads us,

Never heeding what impedes us,

We will follow to the death;

For the patriot must not falter,

When his Country's foes assault her,

And profane her sacred altar

With their pestilential breath.

VI.

May our flag float on forever

O'er a Union none can sever,

And may vile Secession never

Spread its ruin through our land;

May our Country's wrongs be righted,

And her children reunited,

And her flag no more be blighted

By the touch of treason's hand.

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