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The Good Old Songs We Used to Sing, '61 to '65 · Osborn H. Oldroyd — chapter 11 of 11 · ~432 words · public domain

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CLOSING ODE.

Air--"AULD LANG SYNE."

Shall we forget those far-off days Which made us comrades all? Shall we forget how swift the feet That ran at duty's call? Shall we forget the honored dead That sleep beneath the sod, Who gave their lives for liberty, Our country, and our God?

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