INDEPENDENCE DAY IN THE PHILIPPINES
Hat off! Along the street there comes a blare of bugles, a
ruffle of drums, and a flash of
color beneath the Sky: Blue crimson and white it shines, over
the straight marching
lines the flag is passing by signifying the Seabee fights, the
ocean fights, the grim and
great. Fought to save the Philippine Nation. Weary marches and sinking ships,cheers of
victory on dying lips.
Hats off! The Philippine Flag is passing by. You are so grand
in every fold, linked with
mighty deeds of old, Steeped in blood where heroes fell, torn
and pierced by shot and
shell.
Hats off! Throats swells at the sight of you the flag is
passing by. Days of glory, tears of
war keep our Nation, great and strong, warding off dictators
from foreign wrong. Pride,
glory, honor, live in the colors stand or fall. Salute the
flag as it floats on high,
Hats off! Streaming a loft in the clear, blue sky, rippling,
easing, tugging away, gay as
the sunshine, bright as day, throbbing with life. No one may
mess with the flag of our country
free.
our hearts beat fast and we cheer and cheer as the flag goes
past—the flag that waves
for you and me—Flag of our country, Flag of the free!
Hats off! What of the
men who lifted you, Old Flag Upon the top of Luzon Hill, Who
crushed the Japs cruel will, mid shock and roar and crash and scream, which crossed the
Inland Sea. Who
starved, who fought, who bled, who died, that you might gloat in glorious
pride nobly as
you led the way.
Hats off! Your stars shine move on for liberty, your white
stripes stand for purity
crimson color courage high, For Honor’s sake to fight and
die, Lead on against the alien
shore!
Hats off!
Author Karl Wallace
