Day waned, and morning came again, and then the word was given
And answered by a thousand shouts that shook the vaults of heaven,
For our troops, long curbed, now held the reins, and lightly leapt away,
Sweeping with headlong fury toward defying Monterey.
We saw brave Worth, whose noble band was ordered to the right,
Lead on his men through sheets of flame, and storm the castled height,
And the Mexic flag go down, and the stars and stripes expand
In the golden yellow sunlight, like a rainbow o’er the land,
As, led by gallant Butler, our division fought its way,
Foot by foot, and step by step, toward the town of Monterey.