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Act 2 — THE FLAG GOES BY.

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MY COUNTRY.FATHER AND MOTHER TONGUE.EAST, WEST, HOME'S BEST.GIFTS.ENGLAND.

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THE BOWMAN'S SONG.THE ROAST BEEF OF OLD ENGLAND.THE SNUG LITTLE ISLAND.THE JACOBITE ON TOWER HILL.GOD SAVE THE KING.VETERAN AND RECRUIT.THE PRIVATE OF THE BUFFS;[A] OR, THE BRITISH SOLDIER IN CHINA.THE TURK IN ARMENIA.AVE IMPERATRIX.AMERICA TO GREAT BRITAIN.HANDS ALL ROUND.RECESSIONAL.ENGLAND AND HER COLONIES.

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THE BARD.MY HEART'S IN THE HIGHLANDS.THE EXECUTION OF MONTROSE.BORDER BALLAD.THE EXILE'S SONG.THE IRISHMAN.TURLOUGH MACSWEENEY.A SPINNING SONG.THE WEARING OF THE GREEN.[A]MY NATIVE LAND.BLESS THE DEAR OLD VERDANT LAND.IRELAND.IRELAND.EXILE OF ERIN.AFTER DEATH.CANADA NOT LAST.CANADA.WHAT IS THE GERMAN'S FATHERLAND?PATRIOTIC SONG.MEN AND BOYS THE WATCH ON THE RHINE[A]PROEM.PARTING LOVERS.AMERICA COLUMBIA.ON THE PROSPECT OF PLANTING ARTS AND LEARNING IN AMERICA.ENGLAND TO AMERICA.OUR STATE.THE REPUBLIC.AMERICA "OLD IRONSIDES."MEN OF THE NORTH AND WEST.OUR COUNTRY'S CALL.A CRY TO ARMS.THE NATION'S PRAYER.MY MARYLAND.DIXIE.THE FLAG GOES BY.THE BRAVE AT HOME.

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LIBERTY.PATIENCE.THE ANTIQUITY OF FREEDOM.HALLOWED GROUND.THE WOLF AND THE DOG.RIENZI TO THE ROMANS.FALLEN GREECE.

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TO ALTHEA FROM PRISON.SLAVERY.SONG OF THE WESTERN MEN.THE HARP THAT ONCE THROUGH TARA'S HALLS.AS BY THE SHORE AT BREAK OF DAY.THE HILLS WERE MADE FOR FREEDOM.SWITZERLAND.MAKE WAY FOR LIBERTY!

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THE MARSEILLAISE.A COURT LADY.THE LANDING OF THE PILGRIM FATHERS IN NEW ENGLAND.THE AMERICAN FLAG.THE STAR-BANGLED BANNER.[A]NEW ENGLAND'S DEAD.THE REFORMER.FREEDOM OF THE MIND.THE PRESENT CRISIS.THE LITTLE CLOUD.[A]BROWN OF OSSAWATOMIE.WORDS FOR THE "HALLELUJAH CHORUS."BATTLE-HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC.JOHN CHARLES FRÉMONT.[A]HEROES.LAUS DEO!A HOLY NATION.

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THE DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB.THE SCHOOL OF WAR.

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CARACTACUS.

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THE DEATH OF LEONIDAS.SONG OF THE GREEKS.MARCO BOZZARIS.HARMOSAN.BATTLE SCENE.THE LORD OF BUTRAGO.HAKON'S DEFIANCE.A DANISH BARROW HERMANN AND THUSNELDA.THE BATTLE-SONG OF GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS.SWORD SONG.THE TROOPER'S DEATH.BINGEN ON THE RHINE.HOHENLINDEN.IVRY.INCIDENT OF THE FRENCH CAMP.THE BRONZE STATUE OF NAPOLEON.

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ALFRED THE HARPER.CHEVY-CHACE.SIR PATRICK SPENS.THE DOUGLAS TRAGEDY.THE LAST HUNT.THE BALLAD OF AGINCOURT.THE KING TO HIS SOLDIERS BEFORE HARFLEUR.

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THE CAVALIER'S SONG.GIVE A ROUSE.NASEBY.THE THREE SCARS.FONTENOY.BATTLE OF THE BALTIC.BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE."PICCIOLA."WATERLOO.

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CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE.THE RELIEF OF LUCKNOW.DANNY DEEVER.WHERE ARE THE MEN?BRUCE AND THE SPIDER.BANNOCKBURN.

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BEAL' AN DHUINE.

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PIBROCH OF DONUIL DHU.[A]FLODDEN FIELD.

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THE BONNETS OF BONNIE DUNDEE.HYMN:WARREN'S ADDRESS.[A]"THE LONELY BUGLE GRIEVES."NATHAN HALE.[A]SONG OF MARION'S MEN.[A]CARMEN BELLICOSUM.THE DANCE.MONTEREY.COMING.IN STATE.BROTHER JONATHAN'S LAMENT FOR SISTER CAROLINE.JONATHAN TO JOHN.ALL QUIET ALONG THE POTOMAC.THE COUNTERSIGN.CIVIL WAR.THE TWO WIVES.THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND MORE.THE OLD MAN AND JIM.STONEWALL JACKSON'S WAY BARBARA FRIETCHIE.CAVALRY SONG. FROM "ALICE OF MONMOUTH."CAVALRY SONG.KEARNY AT SEVEN PINES.[A]THE GENERAL'S DEATH.BAY BILLY.WOUNDED TO DEATH.SOMEBODY'S DARLING.TRAMP, TRAMP, TRAMP.OUR ORDERS.WHEN THIS CRUEL WAR IS OVER.SHERIDAN'S RIDE.LEFT ON THE BATTLE-FIELD.REQUIEM MUSIC IN CAMP.UNDER THE SHADE OF THE TREES.THE BLACK REGIMENT.THE HIGH TIDE AT GETTYSBURG.LEE TO THE REAR.DRIVING HOME THE COWS.SHERMAN'S MARCH TO THE SEA.[A]ARMY CORRESPONDENT'S LAST RIDE.THE YEAR OF JUBILEE.[A]THE CONQUERED BANNER.ALL.THE CLOSING SCENE.THE MEN BEHIND THE GUNS.THE BATTLE OF MANILA. A FRAGMENT.ODE TO PEACE.

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DISARMAMENT.TUBAL CAIN.THE KNIGHT'S TOMB.NOT ON THE BATTLE-FIELD.THE DAY IS COMING.THE GRAVE OF BONAPARTE.THE BATTLE OF BLENHEIM.AT GIBRALTAR.THE BIVOUAC OF THE DEAD.THE ARSENAL AT SPRINGFIELD.AN OLD BATTLE-FIELD.THE BATTLE-FIELD.OUR FALLEN HEROES.THE CAUSE OF THE SOUTH.SENTINEL SONGS.ODE.THE BLUE AND THE GRAY.CENTENNIAL HYMN.HYMN OF THE WEST.[A]

Hats off! Along the street there comes A blare of bugles, a ruffle of drums, A dash of color beneath the sky: Hats off! The flag is passing by!

Blue and crimson and white it shines, Over the steel-tipped, ordered lines. Hats off! The colors before us fly; But more than the flag is passing by.

Sea-fights and land-fights, grim and great, Fought to make and to save the State: Weary marches and sinking ships; Cheers of victory on dying lips;

Days of plenty and years of peace; March of a strong land's swift increase; Equal justice, right and law, Stately honor and reverend awe;

Sign of a nation, great and strong To ward her people from foreign wrong: Pride and glory and honor,—all Live in the colors to stand or fall.

Hats off! Along the street there comes A blare of bugles, a ruffle of drums; And loyal hearts are beating high: Hats off! The flag is passing by!

HENRY HOLCOMB BENNETT.

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