--- title: Improvement Era description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930. authors: - Tanner, Mary Isabel collections: - periodicals tags: - magazine - improvement-era periodical: Improvement Era volume: 22 number: 1 published: 1918-11 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: 'Tanner, Mary Isabel, "Our Battle Song," *Improvement Era* 22, no. 1 (November 1918): 11–12.' source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2201unse transcription: Transcribed from the Internet Archive scan of each issue (the item for each issue is named in the issue's own source); unnumbered advertising leaves are omitted, printed page numbers are kept as page markers. identifier: improvementera2201unse start_page: 11 end_page: 12 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1918-11) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2201unse publication_year: 1918 note: The Internet Archive item metadata carries a blanket "© Copyright by Intellectual Reserve, Inc." notice. The library owner judged it inapplicable because this issue was published in 1918, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright. --- # Our Battle Song Our Battle Song We've answered the call of our Nation, boys, We're marching to the fife and drum. We're defending our Nation's rights, boys, Like our fathers at Lexington. Then march to the tune of the fife and drum, For Liberty's light shall rule the world, And oppression soon must die. We've answered the call of the world, boys. For equal rights for man, That Liberty's flag may be unfurled, On the sea and on the land. Then march to the tune of the fife and drum, With Stars and Stripes on high, For Freedom's cry is heard round the world, And tyranny soon must die. We've answered the call of Heaven, boys, To prepare this world for the Son — The Prince of Peace who soon will reign O'er every land and tongue. Then march to the tune of the fife and drum, And raise your standard high, For Freedom's light shall rule the world, And oppression forever die. Mary Isabel Tanner. © Underwood & Underwood, New York