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If the muse were mine to tempt it	A
And my feeble voice were strong	B
If my tongue were trained to measures	C
I would sing a stirring song	B
I would sing a song heroic	D
Of those noble sons of Ham	E
Of the gallant colored soldiers	C
Who fought for Uncle Sam	E
	-
In the early days you scorned them	F
And with many a flip and flout	G
Said These battles are the white man's	H
And the whites will fight them out	G
Up the hills you fought and faltered	I
In the vales you strove and bled	J
While your ears still heard the thunder	K
Of the foes' advancing tread	J
	-
Then distress fell on the nation	L
And the flag was drooping low	M
Should the dust pollute your banner	K
No the nation shouted No	M
So when War in savage triumph	N
Spread abroad his funeral pall	O
Then you called the colored soldiers	C
And they answered to your call	P
	-
And like hounds unleashed and eager	K
For the life blood of the prey	Q
Sprung they forth and bore them bravely	R
In the thickest of the fray	Q
And where'er the fight was hottest	S
Where the bullets fastest fell	T
There they pressed unblanched and fearless	U
At the very mouth of hell	T
	-
Ah they rallied to the standard	I
To uphold it by their might	V
None were stronger in the labors	C
None were braver in the fight	V
From the blazing breach of Wagner	K
To the plains of Olustee	V
They were foremost in the fight	V
Of the battles of the free	R
	-
And at Pillow God have mercy	R
On the deeds committed there	W
And the souls of those poor victims	X
Sent to Thee without a prayer	W
Let the fulness of Thy pity	R
O'er the hot wrought spirits sway	Q
Of the gallant colored soldiers	C
Who fell fighting on that day	Q
	-
Yes the Blacks enjoy their freedom	Y
And they won it dearly too	V
For the life blood of their thousands	Z
Did the southern fields bedew	V
In the darkness of their bondage	A2
In the depths of slavery's night	V
Their muskets flashed the dawning	B2
And they fought their way to light	V
	-
They were comrades then and brothers	C
Are they more or less to day	V
They were good to stop a bullet	V
And to front the fearful fray	V
They were citizens and soldiers	C
When rebellion raised its head	V
And the traits that made them worthy	R
Ah those virtues are not dead	V
	-
They have shared your nightly vigils	C2
They have shared your daily toil	D2
And their blood with yours commingling	B2
Has enriched the Southern soil	D2
	-
They have slept and marched and suffered	V
'Neath the same dark skies as you	V
They have met as fierce a foeman	M
And have been as brave and true	V
	-
And their deeds shall find a record	V
In the registry of Fame	E2
For their blood has cleansed completely	R
Every blot of Slavery's shame	E2
So all honor and all glory	R
To those noble sons of Ham	E
The gallant colored soldiers	C
Who fought for Uncle Sam	E

Paul Laurence Dunbar

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