The Barons bold on Runnymede
By Union won their charter;
True men were they, prepared to bleed,
But not their rights to barter:
And they swore that England’s laws
Were above a Tyrant’s word;
And they proved that freedom’s cause
Was above a Tyrant’s sword:
Then honour we the memory
Of those Barons brave, united;
And like their band, join hand to hand,
Our wrongs shall soon be righted.

The Commons brave, in Charles’s time,
By Union made the Crown fall,
And showed the world how Royal crime
Should lead to Royal downfall:
And they swore that Rights and Laws
Were above a Monarch’s word;
And they raised the Nation’s cause
Above the Monarch’s sword:
Then honour we the memory
Of those Commons brave, united;
And like their band, join hand to hand,
Our wrongs shall soon be righted.

The People firm, from Court and Peers,
By Union won Reform, sirs,
And Union, safe, the Nation steers
Through sunshine and through storm, sirs:
And we swear that equal laws
Shall prevail o’er Lordling’s words,
And can prove that Freedom’s cause
Is too strong for hireling swords:
Then honour we the victory
Of the people brave, united;
Let all our bands join hearts and hands,
Our wrongs shall all be righted.