THEY SHALL NOT WIN

By Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Whatever the strength of our foes is now,

Whatever it may have been,

This is our slogan, and this our vow -

They shall not win, they shall not win.

Though out of the darkness they call the aid

Of the evil forces of Sin,

We utter our slogan unafraid -

They shall not win, they shall not win.

We know we are right, and know they are wrong,

So to God above and within -

We make our vow and we sing our song

They shall not win, they shall not win.

It rises over the shriek of shell,

And over the cannons’ din:

Our slogan shall scatter the hosts of Hell -

They shall not win, they shall not win.