Stout-Hearted Men

Independence Day 2026

Stout-Hearted Men

Music by Sigmund Romberg, with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II

Give me some men

Who are stout-hearted men

Who will fight

For the rights

They adore

Start me with ten

Who are stout-hearted men

And I'll soon give you ten

Thousand more

Shoulder to shoulder

And bolder and bolder

They grow as they go to the fore

Then there's nothing in the world

Can halt or mar a plan

When stout-hearted men

Can stick together man to man

You

Who have dreams

If you act

They will come true

To

Turn your dreams

To a fact

It’s all up to you

If you have the soul and the spirit

Never fear,

It will see you through

Hearts may inspire

Other hearts with their fire

For the strong obey

When a strong man shows them

The way

Give me some men

Who are stout-hearted men

Who will fight

For the rights

They adore

Start me with ten

Who are stout-hearted men

And I'll soon give you

Ten thousand more

Shoulder to shoulder

And bolder and bolder

They grow as they go to the fore

Then there's nothing in the world

Can halt or mar a plan

When stout-hearted men

Stick together

Man to man.