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Bob Welch has received a copy of a 15th IA Diary and in it was this from Shiloh:
Pg 16 –
IA15th Regiment, composed by Lieutenant Craig of Co. “E”.
Rallying Song of the 15th Iowa Volunteers
We have come from the Prairies -
We have come from the Prairies -
We have come from the Prairies -
Of the young Hawkeye State
With our fathers deeds before us
And their Starry banner o’r us
For the land they reserved for us
We will welcome any fate
Verse 2.
We have left our cheerful quarters
By the Mississippi Waters
And our wives and sons and daughters
for the fierce Bloody fight
But they will not deplore us
With the fire encamped before us
For the God that watches over us
Will, Himself protect the night
Verse 3.
From the clear Des Moines we rally,
And the swift Missouri’s Valley,
And to combat forth we rally,
with the ammis or amiss? of the free
Like the flood that flows forever,
We will flee the battle never,
But the waters of our river
We will follow to the Sea,
Chorus, We have come from the Prairies
Verse 4.
Where our Country’s voice is calling –
Where the fireman’s Stroks are falling
And the tide of war is rolling
To the far and Sunny South
Where our iron boats are speding
And our dauntless columns treading
With the Mississippi leading
We are marching for its mouth,
Pg 17 left –
Verse 5.
And where’er our country needs us
And wherever our banner leads us
Never heading 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 them pestilential breath
Verse 6.
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 treasons hand.
Chorus, We have come
Can anyone help ID the tune?
Bob Welch has received a copy of a 15th IA Diary and in it was this from Shiloh:
Pg 16 –
IA15th Regiment, composed by Lieutenant Craig of Co. “E”.
Rallying Song of the 15th Iowa Volunteers
We have come from the Prairies -
We have come from the Prairies -
We have come from the Prairies -
Of the young Hawkeye State
With our fathers deeds before us
And their Starry banner o’r us
For the land they reserved for us
We will welcome any fate
Verse 2.
We have left our cheerful quarters
By the Mississippi Waters
And our wives and sons and daughters
for the fierce Bloody fight
But they will not deplore us
With the fire encamped before us
For the God that watches over us
Will, Himself protect the night
Verse 3.
From the clear Des Moines we rally,
And the swift Missouri’s Valley,
And to combat forth we rally,
with the ammis or amiss? of the free
Like the flood that flows forever,
We will flee the battle never,
But the waters of our river
We will follow to the Sea,
Chorus, We have come from the Prairies
Verse 4.
Where our Country’s voice is calling –
Where the fireman’s Stroks are falling
And the tide of war is rolling
To the far and Sunny South
Where our iron boats are speding
And our dauntless columns treading
With the Mississippi leading
We are marching for its mouth,
Pg 17 left –
Verse 5.
And where’er our country needs us
And wherever our banner leads us
Never heading 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 them pestilential breath
Verse 6.
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 treasons hand.
Chorus, We have come
Can anyone help ID the tune?
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