Raise again the bold refrain (Henry David Leslie)

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• (Posted 2023-11-09)  CPDL #77144:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-11-09).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 373 kB   Copyright: Personal

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Title: Raise again the bold refrain
Composer: Henry David Leslie
Lyricist: Charles J. Rowe^{create page}
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1872 Novello, Ewer, and Co.
Description: Russian melody

Original text and translations

English text

Raise again the bold refrain
That tells of mighty deeds,
Brave hearts true that beat anew
Wherever glory leads.
Hark! the echoes ringing
To the well-known strain,
While the countless voices
Sing the loud refrain:

Aye! we’ll ever bear in mind
that Duty calls us on,
That once more, like days of yore,
there’s honour to be won!
Be our cry for Liberty
and let the Right be done.

Bright the day, our onward way
Points out where Glory calls;
True as steel, our hearts to leal,
No danger e’er appalls!
Here, no craven coward
Would e’er seek to fly—
Here, no single warrior
But knows how to die.

Then let’s ever bear in mind
that Duty calls us on,
That once more, like days of yore,
there’s honour to be won!
Be our cry for Liberty,
and let the Right be done.