If We Must Die
Robert Owens * Track #2 On 3 Songs for Baritone and Piano, Op. 41
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Album 3 Songs for Baritone and Piano, Op. 41
If We Must Die by Robert Owens
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Robert OwensIf We Must Die Lyrics
If we must die -- let it not be like hogs
Hunted and penned in an inglorious spot
While round us bark the mad and hungry dogs
Making their mock at our accursed lot
If we must die -- oh, let us nobly die
So that our precious blood may not be shed
In vain; then even the monsters we defy
Shall be constrained to honor us though dead!
Oh, Kinsmen! We must meet the common foe;
Though far outnumbered, let us still be brave
And for their thousand blows deal one death-blow!
What though before us lies the open grave?
Like men we'll face the murderous, cowardly pack
Pressed to the wall, dying, but -- fighting back!
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Who wrote If We Must Die's ?
If We Must Die was written by Robert Owens & Claude McKay.