The Lone Star Camp Song.
As Sung by Joe Cook,
The American Comedian.
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Our Rifles are ready, and ready we are,
Neither fear, care, or sorrow in this Company,
Our Rifles are ready to welcome the foe,
So onward brave boys, we go,
To South Carolina, the land where the bright lone star,
Leads to beauty in peace, and glory in war.
With aim never erring, we strike down the Union like deers,
We chill the false heart of the Union men with fear,
The blood of the Americans flows full in the veins,
Of the lads who will lord over Carolina’s plains,
O’er the plains where the breeze from the South was the flowers,
As we press those we love in their sweet Summer bowers.
One pledge to our loves, when the battle is done,
We shall share the broad lands our rifles have won,
No tear on the cheek, should we sleep with the dead,
There are brave ones to follow who will still go ahead,
Who will still go-ahead with the bright lone star,
That leads to beauty in peace, or glory in war.
Published by Warner, corner of Gay and Pratt Streets.
This work was published before January 1, 1929 and is anonymous or pseudonymous due to unknown authorship. It is in the public domain in the United States as well as countries and areas where the copyright terms of anonymous or pseudonymous works are 95 years or less since publication.
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