Take Or Leave Me - song lyrics 
American Old-time song lyrics from www.traditionalmusic.co.uk 
TAKE OR LEAVE ME. Copyright, 1895, by T. B. Harms & Co. Words by J. Cheever Goodwin. Music by Ludwig Englaender. 
With burning vows you strive in vain my heart to take by storm; For none may hope my hand to gain who wears that uniform. Though love within my heart be rife, its pleadings I'll withstand, For more than lover, more than life, I love my native land. Take or leave me, leave me, leave me; Though it grieve me, grieve me, grieve me, Still my heart will hide its scars; And no man, sir-man, sir-man, sir-ever can, sir-can, sir-can, sir, Win it till he vows allegiance to the stripes and stars. 
A hapless maid, I cannot aid to fight my country's foes; But in my soul, beyond control, a patriot's ardor glows. The dream of love my heart has nursed, should freedom's cause demand, Shall banished be my country first-God save my native land! Take or leave me, leave me, leave me: Though it grieve me, grieve me, grieve me, Still my heart will hide its scars; And no man, sir-man, sir-man, sir-ever can, sir-can, sir-can, sir, Win It till he vows allegiance to the stripes and stars.