| THROUGH the shine, through the rain | |
| We have shared the day’s load; | |
| To the old march again | |
| We have tramped the long road; | |
| We have laughed, we have cried, | 5 |
| And we’ve tossed the King’s crown; | |
| We have fought, we have died, | |
| And we’ve trod the day down. | |
| So it’s lift the old song | |
| Ere the night flies again, | 10 |
| Where the road leads along | |
| Through the shine, through the rain. | |
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| Long ago, far away, | |
| Came a sign from the skies; | |
| And we feared then to pray | 15 |
| For the new sun to rise: | |
| With the King there at hand, | |
| Not a child stepped or stirred— | |
| Where the light filled the land | |
| And the light brought the word; | 20 |
| For we knew then the gleam | |
| Though we feared then the day, | |
| And the dawn smote the dream | |
| Long ago, far away. | |
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| But the road leads us all, | 25 |
| For the King now is dead; | |
| And we know, stand or fall, | |
| We have shared the day’s bread. | |
| We may laugh down the dream, | |
| For the dream breaks and flies; | 30 |
| And we trust now the gleam, | |
| For the gleam never dies;— | |
| So it’s off now the load, | |
| For we know the night’s call, | |
| And we know now the road | 35 |
| And the road leads us all. | |
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| Through the shine, through the rain, | |
| We have wrought the day’s quest; | |
| To the old march again | |
| We have earned the day’s rest; | 40 |
| We have laughed, we have cried, | |
| And we’ve heard the King’s groans; | |
| We have fought, we have died, | |
| And we’ve burned the King’s bones, | |
| And we lift the old song | 45 |
| Ere the night flies again, | |
| Where the road leads along | |
| Through the shine, through the rain. | |
