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Columbia’s sons rush forth in throngs,
And shouting freedom’s holy songs,
Strike for your rights, avenge your wrongs
Upon the Rio Grande
CHORUS:
Remember gallant Cross laid low,
Assassinate by the foe,
Then strike the bold avenging blow,
Upon the Rio Grande!
CHORUS
Remember how your brothers fell,
While marching on to Isabel,
Surrounded by the curs of hell,
Upon the Rio Grande!
CHORUS
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Think of the jails of Santa Fe,
Where freemen in captivity,
Felt Mexico’s foul tyranny,
Upon the Rio Grande
CHORUS:
Think of each harmless merchant bark
Struck by these pirates in the dark,
With hearts more cruel than the shark,
Upon the Rio Grande!
CHORUS
Then strike by noble Taylor’s side
‘Til freedom’s stars in triumph wide,
Stretch from the bold Pacific’s tide,
Unto the Rio Grande!
CHORUS
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