Part 146 (1/2)

CUIRa.s.sIER.

The soldier shall sway!

BOTH YAGERS.

The peasant shall pay

DRAGOONS and SHARPSHOOTERS.

The army shall flouris.h.i.+ng stand!

TRUMPETER and SERGEANT.

And the Friedlander keep the command!

SECOND CUIRa.s.sIER (sings).

Arouse ye, my comrades, to horse! to horse!

To the field and to freedom we guide!

For there a man feels the pride of his force And there is the heart of him tried.

No help to him there by another is shown, He stands for himself and himself alone.

[The soldiers from the background have come forward during the singing of this verse and form the chorus.

CHORUS.

No help to him by another is shown, He stands for himself and himself alone.

DRAGOON.

Now freedom hath fled from the world, we find But lords and their bondsmen vile And nothing holds sway in the breast of mankind Save falsehood and cowardly guile.

Who looks in death's face with a fearless brow, The soldier, alone, is the freeman now.

CHORUS.

Who looks in death's face with a fearless brow, The soldier, alone, is the freeman now.

FIRST YAGER.

With the troubles of life he ne'er bothers his pate, And feels neither fear nor sorrow; But boldly rides onward to meet with his fate-- He may meet it to-day, or to-morrow!

And, if to-morrow 'twill come, then, I say, Drain we the cup of life's joy to-day!

CHORUS.

And, if to-morrow 'twill come, then, I say, Drain we the cup of life's joy to-day!

[The gla.s.ses are here refilled, and all drink.

SERGEANT.