1. <br />The war drum is boasting prepare for the fight, <br />The stern bigot Northman exults in his might, <br />Gird on your bright weapons your foemen are nigh, <br />And this bo our watchword, 'We conquer or die;' <br />And this is our watchword, 'We conquer or die.' <br /> <br />2. <br />The trumpet is sounding from mountain to shore, <br />Your swords and your lancer must slumber no more, <br />Fling forth to the sunlight your banner on high, <br />Inscribed with the watchword, 'We conquer or die;' <br />Inscribed with the watchword, 'We conquer or die;' <br /> <br />3. <br />Press forward undaunted, nor think of retreat, <br />The enemy's host on the threshold to meet, <br />Strike firm, till the foeman before you shall fly <br />Appalled by the watchword, 'We conquer or die.' <br />Appalled by the watchword, 'We conquer or die.' <br /> <br />4. <br />Go forth in the pathway our forefathers trod; <br />We too fight for freedom, our Captain is God, <br />Their blood in our vains with the honors we vie; <br />Their's too was the watchword, 'We conquer or die.' <br />Their's too was the watchword, 'We conquer or die.' <br /> <br />5. <br />We strike for the South: Mountain, Valley and Plain, <br />For the South we will conquer, again and again, <br />Her day of salvation and triumph is nigh, <br />Our's then be the watchword, 'We conquer or die.' <br />Our's then be the watchword, 'We conquer or die.'<br /><br />John Pierpont<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/we-conquer-or-die/