I kind of stumbled across this song as I was looking for more songs to add to my blog. Yes I know it isn't necessarily "American", however Les Miserables is so universally known I couldn't pass it by. It's a rally cry to all people, a call to stand up for the right to be free. This song, also touches on the idea that freedom isn't free. "Then join in the fight, that will give you the right to be free!" We must earn the right to be free. The other idea from this song that jumped out at me is from the last stanza.
"Will you give all you can give
So that our banner may advance
Some will fall and some will live
Will you stand up and take your chance?"
It's the idea that freedom requires sacrifice and those who pursue freedom must be willing to sacrifice for the cause.
Singing a song of angry men?
It is the music of a people
Who will not be slaves again!
When the beating of your heart
Echoes the beating of the drums
There is a life about to start
When tomorrow comes!
Will you join in our crusade?
Who will be strong and stand with me?
Beyond the barricade
Is there a world you long to see?
Then join in the fight
That will give you the right to be free!
Will you give all you can give
So that our banner may advance
Some will fall and some will live
Will you stand up and take your chance?
The blood of the martyrs
Will water the meadows of France!
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