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A National Hymn

Mexicans, hear the battle cry

Mount for battle, win or die,

The earth is trembling to its core

At the might of the cannon’s roar.

If a foreign enemy be found

Who dares profane our sacred ground,

Heaven hears and sends your sons

To victory against their guns.

By Francisco González Bocanegra, 1824-1861. (Translation by Gay Haldeman.)

Bocanegra, and Guillermio Prieto, were the patriotic poets of the Mexican revolution. Their inspiring poems were much loved by the fighting men.

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