[Chorus]
We are soldiers in the army
We have to fight although we have to cry
We got to hold up that blood-stained banner
We have to hold it up until we die

[Chorus]
We are soldiers in the army
We have to fight although we have to cry
We got to hold up that blood-stained banner
We have to hold it up until we die

[Chorus]
We are soldiers in the army
We have to fight although we have to cry
We got to hold up that blood-stained banner
We have to hold it up until we die

[Verse]
Well my mother was a soldier
Kept her hand on freedom's plow
One day she got too old she couldn't fight anymore
She said "I'm going to stand here and fight anyhow"

[Chorus]
Because we are soldiers in the army
We have to fight although we have to cry
We got to hold up that blood-stained banner
We have to hold it up until we die

[Instrumental]

[Outro]
We are soldiers in the army
We have to fight although we have to cry