Scripture Verse

A good soldier of Jesus Christ. 2 Timothy 2:3

Introduction

Words & Mu­sic: Mrs. A. C. Blodg­ett, 1896. Pub­lished in Make His Praise Glo­ri­ous, ed­it­ed by Ed­win O. Ex­cell (Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois: Edw­in O. Ex­cell, 1900), num­ber 160 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know Blodg­ett’s full name, or where to get a good pho­to of her (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

Tramp, tramp, tramp, oh, hear us com­ing,
Little sol­diers of the King,
Flags un­furled and ban­ners fly­ing,
Loudly let our watch­word ring.

Refrain

Onward, for­ward,
Let us march against the foe;
In our lead­er’s name ad­vanc­ing,
On to vic­t’ry we will go.

Over vale and hill re­sound­ing,
Children hear the migh­ty call,
Come and join the roy­al army,
In our ranks there’s room for all.

Refrain

Jesus is our migh­ty cap­tain,
His com­mand we must ob­ey,
Forward march and ne­ver fal­ter,
We shall sure­ly win the day.

Refrain