Social Commentaries
Labourers' Election Song
From My Lyrical Life, Second Series (1889)
(Tune: "John Broicn's body lies a-mouldcring in the grave")
Ours are the Voices that for ages were unheard,
Ours are the Voices of a Future long deferred.
Cry all Together: we shall speak the final word,
Let the Cause go marching on.
Glory! glory! hallelujah!
Glory! glory! hallelujah!
Glory! glory! hallelujah!
Let the Cause go marching on.
Ours are the Votes that give us weapons we can
wield,
Ours are the Votes that make our proud opponents
yield.
Vole all Together, and our Charge shall clear the field,
And the Cause go marching on.
Glory! glory! hallelujah!
Glory! glory! hallelujah!
Glory! glory! hallelujah!
Let the Cause go marching on.
Ours are the Millions, though it may not be in gold,
Ours are the Millions who will right the wrongs of
old.
Move all Together as the Ocean-waves are rolled,
When the Storm goes marching on.
Glory
Glory
Glory
glory! hallelujah!
glory! hallelujah!
glory! hallelujah t
Let the Cause go marching on.
Codex Note
From the section "Last Lyrics" of My Lyrical Life, Second Series (1889).
Cite this poem
MLA
Massey, Gerald. “Labourers' Election Song.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/massey/277/.
Chicago
Massey, Gerald. “Labourers' Election Song.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/massey/277/.
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