Tonalità: A major
Verse 1
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Commandancy of the Alamo San Antonio,
February 24th 1836
Verse 2
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To the people of Texas and all the
Americans in the world
Fellow citizens and compatriots
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I am besieged with a thousand or more of the Mexic
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ans under Santa Anna
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And I have sustained a continual bombardment and
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cannonade for twenty- four hours
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And have not lost a man
The enemy has demanded
a surrender of discretion
Otherwise the garrison are to
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be put to the sword if the fort is taken
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I have answered the demand
with a cannon shot
And our flag still waves proudly from the walls
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I shall never surrender or retreat
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Then I call on you in the name of liberty
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and of patriotism
And of everything
dear to the American character
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To come to our aide with all dispatch
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The enemy is receiving reinforcements
daily
And will no doubt increase to three
or four thousand in four or five days
If this call is neglected,
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I am determined to sustain as long as possible
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And die like a soldier who never forgets
what is due his own honor
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And that of his country, Victory or Death!
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Verse 3
William Barrett Travis,
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Lieutenant Colonel, Commandant
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P.S. "The Lord is on our side
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When the enemy appeared in sight we
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had not three bushels of corn
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We have since found in deserted houses
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eighty or ninety bushels
And got into the walls twenty or thirty
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head of beeves
- Travis
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