When swords are thrust outward to gleam;
For us will the vict’ry be glorious
When led by the Red, Black, and Green.
Chorus
Advance, advance to victory.
Let Africa be free;
Advance to meet the foe
With the might of the Red, the Black, and the Green.
II
Ethiopia, the tyrant’s falling,
Who smote thee upon thy knees,
And thy children are lustily calling
From over the distant seas.
Jehovah, the Great One has heard us.
Has noted our sighs and our tears,
With His spirit of Love, he has stirred us
To be One through the coming years.
CHORUS-Advance, advance, etc.
III
O Jehovah, thou God of the ages
Grant unto our sons that lead
The wisdom Thou gave to Thy sages
When Israel was sore in need.
Thy voice thro’ the dim past has spoken,
Ethiopia shall stretch forth her hand.
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