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Song for the South.
Up! Up Carolinians, sound trumpet and drum,
The time for avenging our wrongs has now come.
Then arise in your power, come forth ye brave men,
Sound the war cry of justice in wild wood and glen.
Your country now calls you, arm! arm to the teeth,
Draw your bright weapons let your foe's fall beneath,
Y'or [Your] oppression we'v [sic] stood, and we'l [sic] stand it no more,
Then up Carolinians! Up brave men of yore.
Come forth in your power, come forth in your might,
Show your oppressors you are ready to fight.
Let the war cry be heard through out vally [valley] and hill,
Let the bosoms of freemen, with freedom be fill.
Fight! fight for the South, its honour and truth,
Fight in your strength your valour and youth,
Then Up, Up Carolinians, sound trumpet and drum,
The time for avenging our wrongs has now come.
Let the name of Brave Marion be heard in your cry,
For justice we fight, for justice we die,
Then on Carolinians, there's no time to be lost,
Gain the brave victory what ere be its cost.
Then shall Freedom's Eagle, triumphantly wave,
O'er the Land of the South, the Land of the brave.
Up Carolinians, Up! Up, don[']t slumber no more,
Drive your oppressors from the true Republican shore.
Hall
For the Sumter Watchman.
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