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WAR SONG by ANONYMOUS

First Line: HERE ON MY BREAST HAVE I BLED!
Last Line: I STRIKE FOR LIFE
Subject(s): NATIVE AMERICANS;NATIVE AMERICANS - WARS;OJIBWA INDIANS; INDIANS OF AMERICA;AMERICAN INDIANS;INDIANS OF SOUTH AMERICA;

Here on my breast have I bled!
See—see! these are fighting-scars!
Mountains tremble at my yell
I strike for life.



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