While we rally round the cause, boys, we'll rally in our might, Our noble women also have aided them at home.įor Lincoln and Johnson, hurrah, boys, hurrah!ĭown with the rebellion and on with the war, While our boys have responded and to the fields have gone. Their motto is resistance – 'To the tyrants never yield!'

They have laid down their lives on the bloody battle field. Our gallant boys have marched to the rolling of the drums.Īnd the leaders in charge cry out, 'Come, boys, come!' ( Chorus) Our Dixie forever! She's never at a loss! Down with the eagle and up with the cross We'll rally 'round the bonny flag, we'll rally once again, Shout, shout the battle cry of Freedom! Our flag is proudly floating on the land and on the main,īeneath it oft we've conquered, and we'll conquer oft again! So we're springing to the call from the East and from the West,Īnd we'll hurl the rebel crew from the land that we love best, We will welcome to our numbers the loyal, true and brave,Īnd although they may be poor, not a man shall be a slave, We are springing to the call of our brothers gone before,Īnd we'll fill our vacant ranks with a million freemen more, ( Chorus) The Union forever! Hurrah, boys, hurrah! Down with the traitors, up with the stars While we rally round the flag, boys, rally once again, Shouting the battle cry of freedom! ( Chorus) We will rally from the hillside, we'll gather from the plain, Yes we'll rally round the flag, boys, we'll rally once again, Charles Ives quoted the song in his own patriotic song, 'They Are There'. It is estimated that over 700,000 copies of this song were put in circulation. The song was so popular that the music publisher at one time had 14 printing presses going at one time and still could not keep up with demand. The Union version was used as the campaign song for the Lincoln- Johnson ticket in the 1864 presidential election. Barnes adapted it for the Confederate States of America. A patriotic song advocating the cause of the Union, it became so popular that composer H. The ' Battle Cry of Freedom' is a song written in 1862 by American composer George Frederick Root (1820–1895) during the American Civil War.

The battle cry of freedom union version