> Or better yet, "Onward, Christian soldiers,
> marching as to war / With the cross of Jesus going on before / Christ, the
> royal Master, leads against the foe / Forward into battle see His banners
> go!" Great theme songs for "humanitarian interventions"!
Yoshie, John F. Kendrick (of the IWW) beat you to the punch by 84 years. "Christians at War" from the 9th edition, 1916, of the IWW *Songs: To Fan the Flames of Discontent* (p. 12 of 33rd ed.):
Onward, Christian soldiers, Duty's way is plain; Slay your Christian neighbors, or by them be slain. Pulpiteers are spouting effervescent swill, God above is calling you to rob and rape and kill, All your acts are sanctified by the Lamb on high; If you love the HOly Ghost, go murder, pray and die.
Onward, Christian soldiers, Rip and tear and smite! Let the gentle Jesus bless your dynamite. Splinter skulls with shrapnel, fertilize the sod . . . .
Onward, Christian soldiers! Eat and drink your fill; Rob with bloody fingers, Christ okays the bill. ....... In Jehovah's holy name, wreak ruin right and left.
Onward, Christian soldiers! Drench the land with gore; Mercy is a weakness all the gods abhor. Bayonet the babies, jab the mothers, too; Hoist the cross of Calvary to hallow all you do. File your bullets' noses flat. . . ...........
Make the foreign trash respect your bullion brand of grace. Trust in mock salvation, serve as tyrants' tools: History will say of you: "That pack of G..d... fools."
And of course there is the chorus of Joe Hill's song from 1911:
You will eat, bye and bye, In that glorious land above the sky; Work and pray, live and die, You'll get pie in the sky when you die.
Carrol