The call to arms brings such alarm
To young men who enter that stage
And there upon they act in song
With the drama about to be played
For duty calls to come to the wall
To serve thy country with pride
And not to care if fate be dared
To seize thy life and to die
Such is the way of men long past
Who's fathers and theirs before
Past the torch of Freedom's price
To their sons and be done once more
Thus the burden of Liberty's cost
Reminds us once again
This conviction leads us all
To grow from boys to men.