The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1920-04-30
Second Eplsode-PolItica, Freedom

-(America--)
And now dear Liberty. the scene shift.
Long years have vanished, and again
The curtain dim. Now let your eager gaze
Recall old Revolutionary days
New Jersey troops in gallant buff and
Were ever loyal, brave and true.
Freedom, political. we owe
TO those brave heroes of the long ago.
Z GA scene of Colonial troops Of Wash
ingtons army follows.)
(CDlor Bearer)
Comrades at arms. all hail!
Behold this flag SO fair.
This new. brave flag so proudly flung
Upon the wondr'ng air!
New Jersey troops salute
This banner fair and free.
For you have borne gallant part
Long as the world shall last.
While changing centuries roll.
shall Monmouth yea! and Princeton shine
Live bravely. as you fought
On each grim battlefield,
And ever, to this fair new flag
Your full allegiance yield!
We salute this new flag of our new ma
Banner of Washington. we hail thee
o God of nations. guard the banner
bright,
And shield the loyal hearts that hold 1t
Hip, hip. hurrah!
Hip, hip, hurrah!
Hip. hip. hurrah New Jersey. New
Jersey! New Jersey!
Hip. hip. hurrah!
Hip hip. hurrah!
Hip, hip, hurrah! America America!
Episode Three-rhe Nations Seeking
(America--)
Again. dear Liberty the scene I change.
Quaint. groupes shall enter. clad In gar
All around the world the news of freedom
ran,
Bringing new hope to woman. child and
The Old World peasants. hearing free
doms fame,
From Norway and From Denmark came,
From Sweden. France and Sunny Spain,
From countless lands beyond the swelling
Here in your presence some shall stand,
Dance the gay dances of their native land
And pledge their allegiance both to you
And prove their JOY of being free.
Unterpretative dances In costume.
(Sweden-)
From a land of the north we come.
From Sweden. where cold winds blow;
But strong. staunch hearts beat firm and
Where her sturdy forests grow.
We bring from. that northern land
A patience that will not fail.
We bring deep faith In the God of Hosts
And courage that will not quail.
We have heard your ringing call;
With gladness we eycome to you,
And ever we'll prove our loyalty
To the Red, White and Blue
We pledge allegiance to you, America
and through you to Freedom. Hail! thrice
hail.
(Greece--)
We come from land that is old in story,
We come from a land that is rich in glory,
From Greece! fair Greece!
We bring you songs that shall aye go
singing,
We bring You tales that with music ring
Shall never cease.
We bring you the thrills of heroic dream
The stir and the glow. and the splendor
From vanished days.
Into the new world out OF the old,
We bring the flash of the vision golden,
To shine always.
Gladly we come for heard your calling,
Deep in our hearts rang your hope en-
thralling,
So glad and free.
Here we will pledge our allegiance loyal
To you, America, truly royal
We bow the knee.
(We pledge allegiance to you America,
and through you to Freedom Hail! thrice
hailD
Denmark-)
To this country Of plenty and freedom,
Whose broad wheat fields ripple with
grain,
While It's green meadows gleam in the
We come from the land of the Dane.
10, meagre and small Is our homeland,
And strong hands must labor full long
To earn scanty bread for the hungry.
Yet we sweeten our toll with song.
We bring to you cheerful contentment,
The will and the courage to work,
For Denmark, the land of our fathers,
Was never the land of the shirk.
With wonder and joy at your bounty,
With hearts that are steadfast and gay,
We give you o,1a our fullest nes .s devotion man
eve pledge allegiance to you America,
and through you, to Freedom. Hail! thrice
hailD
(Norway-)
Far away in the land Of the midnight sun,
The land of the Vikings bold,
IOu brave Morse heroes swept the sea
Though the winter winds blew cold.
They have heard of your country OF fairer
skies,
{, This land where the days are Tong;
And the tales they told of your wider
Set our pulses beating strong.
We have brought from our home in that
distant land
The courage to dare and to do,
And we cheer for your glorious banner.
1 Dear flag of the loyal and true.
| (All pledge allegiance.)
| (France-)
From sunny France has our footsteps
turned
Love in our hearts for you hath burned
Kindred in spirit, we see you yet
Thrill at the name of Lafayette,
Just as our pulses quicker run
4 At the noble name OF washington!
1--we bring you joy and charm and grace
| And skill to brighten lowly place
Fair is the flag of the three broad bars.
But fairer still are the stripes and stars
| (Pledge allegiance-.)
Fourth Episode-Raciai Freedom
(America-)
All! Liberty, there came time at last
When this fair land with gloom was over
| cast,
When the dark cloud of war loomed over
| head
And rill and stream with blood ran red.
brother faced brother, sick at heart.
And North and South seemed riven apart
Yet under all the pain and wrong
The pulse of friendship still beat strong
And when the bloody strife had ceased,
| A race ensiaved had been released.
1.-TWO camps I show--one Blue. one Gray