I'LL NOT GO DOWN WITHOUT A FIGHT

Now the sleeping eyes awaken,

Startled by the brutish boot

As the Caesar steps, ascending

On the tongues of critics mute.

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Thus the lash of tyrants ever

starts so soft, of falsehoods made;

‘til the whip of brazen boldness

on the back of Truth is laid…

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Other hands may meekly tremble,

other eyes may turn their sight;

God help me to face the foe!

I’ll not go down without a fight -

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Heart unfettered, lift the banner!

Liberty lives in the light

Freedom dies when darkness wins;

I’ll not go down without a fight.

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Let me grasp the lash with laughter

Let my spirit mock the night;

Thus to tyrants always, sing -

I’ll not go down without a fight!

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