MEMORIAL DAY.
Reading edition
Flutter of flag and beat of drum And the sound of marching feet, And in long procession the soldiers come To the call of the bugles sweet. And the marching soldiers stop at last Where their sleeping comrades lie, The men whose battles have long been fought, Who dared for the land to die. Children, quick with your gathered flowers, Scatter them far and near; They who were fathers and brothers once Are peacefully resting here. Flutter of banner and beat of drum And the bugle's solemn call, In grand procession the soldiers come— And God is over us all!