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WELCOME; DEDICATED TO THE SAENGERBUND OF THE NORTHWEST, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Welcome, o brothers, joy and cheer!
Last Line: Forward, with god, for fatherland!'
Alternate Author Name(s): Dean
Subject(s): Northwest, Pacific; Patriotism; United States; America


WELCOME, O Brothers, joy and cheer!
Your ancient race and ours were one;
Freedom and song to them were dear
Where Rhine and Elbe seaward run;
And here, beneath this Western sky
If foes assail, your valiant cry
Will ring, as by the German strand:
'Forward, with God, for Fatherland!'

One are our hopes, our aims, our needs;
One force the gage of battle flings;
We thrill with Hermann's mighty deeds;
We glow with songs that Körner sings;
And know, beneath this Western sky
If foes assail, your valiant cry
Will ring, as by the German strand:
'Forward, with God, for Fatherland!'

Ah! Freedom, room for hand and brain,
Full manhood, justice, love divine —
These make the patriot's dear domain
By Mississippi or by Rhine!
And so, beneath this Western sky
If foes assail, your valiant cry
Will ring, as by the German strand:
'Forward, with God, for Fatherland!'

Hail to the land so great and free —
Your land and ours to guard and prize!
With one accord, from sea to sea,
Let joyful songs and anthems rise!
Oh, heart to heart and eye to eye,
If foes assail, your valiant cry
Will ring, as by the German strand:
'Forward, with God, for Fatherland!'





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