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Speed Our Republic
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Speed Our Republic is a song written by Matthias Keller. It can be found in the book 55 Songs and Choruses for Community Singing, published in 1917. Both the words and the music were written during the Civil War by Matthias Keller. It was sung at the Peace Jubilee in Boston, MA in 1869, but has not received much attention since then. Lyrics :Speed our republic, O Father on high, :Lead us in pathways of justice and right; :Rulers as well as the ruled, one and all, :Girdle with virtue, the armor of might! :Hail! three times to our country and flag! :Rulers as well as the ruled, one and all, :Girdle with virtue, the armor of might! :Hail! three times to our country and flag! :Faithful and honest to friend and to foe, :Willing to die in humanity's cause; :Thus we defy all tyrannical power :While we contend for our Union and laws! :Hail! three times to our country and flag! :Thus we defy all tyrannical power :While we contend for our Union and laws! :Hail! three times to our country and flag! :Rise up, proud eagle, rise up to the clouds, :Spread thy broad wing o'er this fair western world! :Fling from thy beak our dear banner of old! :Show that it still is for freedom unfurled! :Hail! three times to our country and flag! :Fling from thy beak our dear banner of old! :Show that it still is for freedom unfurled! :Hail! three times to our country and flag! 
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