A Hundred Years Ago - song lyrics 
American Old-time song lyrics from www.traditionalmusic.co.uk 
A HUNDRED YEARS AGO. 
When first the sound of battle came, We gaily marched away; For, when we heard our country call, We could not but obey; For truth and right the first to fight, And never known to flee, Our fathers recognize their sons-The gallant Ninth are we. 
Chorus. A hundred years ago we stood in fight arrayed, boys, And boldly met the foe for truth and liberty; Our voice is living still, and we should be obeyed, boys, Who gave our lives to make you free, a hundred years ago. 
A little band of earnest men, Who knew no law but right, We just a century ago Set freedom's torch alight; We fought and fell, and ages tell The story, which you know, Of how the sun of glory rose A hundred years ago.-Chorus.