Call We Must Obey, patriotic song (voice and piano)

Call We Must Obey, patriotic song (voice and piano)

Author: Ballantyne, Florence

Year: 1916

[Verse 1] As loyal Canadians we’re answ’ring [answering] the call, / That comes across the ocean, / We’re sending our brave lads to stand or to fall, / With patriot devotion, / Our soldiers are making a name overseas, / A name that is costing us dear; / Still when hoisting our flag to float high on the breeze, / Let our voices be ringing and clear as we cheer. [Chorus] Hurrah for the Union Jack! / On Britain this war has been thrust, / We’ll fight for the right, and we’ll drive the Huns back, / And we’ll humble their pride to the dust, / Hurrah for the Union Jack! / It stands for what’s noble and just, / We’ll fight with our might and we’ll drive the Huns back, / and we’ll level their pride to the dust, / We must. [Verse 2] The old British Lion is lashing his tail, / With anger stern and deep, / He’ll roar evermore till he makes the foe quail. / But the flag he’ll safely keep, / We’re proud of the Empire that took up the cause / Of freedom and Justice and Right, / Her honor we’ll save even out of deaths [death’s] jaws, / And for this we are willing to fight day and night. [Chorus repeats] [Verse 3] The women are working and planning all day, / And oft into the night, / While knitti