Swords and Plowshares/The Flag
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Who has hauled down the flag?
IS it the men who still uphold
The principles for which it stood;
Who claim that ever as of old
Freedom is universal good?
The principles for which it stood;
Who claim that ever as of old
Freedom is universal good?
Or is it those who spurn the way
That Washington and Lincoln trod;
Who seek to make the world obey,
And long to wield the master's rod?
That Washington and Lincoln trod;
Who seek to make the world obey,
And long to wield the master's rod?
Who boast of freedom, but prepare
Shackles and chains for distant shores,
Who make the flag the emblem there
Of all that Liberty abhors?
Shackles and chains for distant shores,
Who make the flag the emblem there
Of all that Liberty abhors?
These have hauled down the flag!