Sep'ratist Soldier

"We have won the battle! Excellent, have our anthem broadcasted over all Republic comm channels! Let the would-be conquerers hear the anthem of Earth's freedom!"

- Queen Jane I ordering the broadcasting of Sep'ratist Soldier across Republic comm channels upon the Separatist victory in the First Battle of Earth

Sep'ratist Soldier was the anthem of the Earth Separatist Faction, Separatist Kingdom of Earth and the Force for the Restoration of Separatist Earth.

The song was a variant of the old Confederate States song called |Southern Soldier, many of the lyrics stayed the same, but some (especially references to "the South") were modified to fit in with the government which made the song its anthem.

Jane Zarkan used the Confederate States of America (which she viewed as an analogy to the CIS), a Separatist nation from Earth's history, as a template for her own Separatist kingdom, "borrowing" (in her own words) old Confederate songs and modifying them for her own government's use, even "borrowing" the original "Stars and Bars" flag and modifying it for her own kingdom by replacing the stars with the CIS flag.

Sep'ratist Soldier was, as the name suggests, a song about a soldier in the Earth Separatist Faction Army/Royal Earth Separatist Army, as he joins up and fights the Republic, aside from being the anthem of Separatist Earth, it was also popular as a marching song.

After Separatist victories in the First and Second Battle of Earth the song was broadcast over Republic communication channels as a show of Earth's defiance, as well as to mock the Republic.

Lyrics
I'll place my knapsack on my back, My rifle on my shoulder, I'll march away to the firing line And kill that Rep-ublic soldier, And kill that Rep-ublic soldier, I'll march away to the firing line, And kill that Rep-ublic soldier! I'll bid farewell to my wife and child, Farewell to my aged mother, And go and join in the bloody strife, Till this cruel war is over, Till this cruel war is over, I'll go and join in the bloody strife, Till this cruel war is over. If I am shot on the battlefield And I should not recover, Oh, who will protect my wife and child? And care for my aged mother? And care for my aged mother? Oh, who will protect my wife and child? And care for my aged mother? And if our Sep'ratist cause is lost, And Sep'ratist rights denied us, We'll be ground beneath the tyrant's heel, For our demands of justice, ''For our demands of justice, We'll be ground beneath the tyrant's heel, For our demands of justice. Before our Earth shall bow her head, Before the tyrants harm us, I'll give my all to the Sep'ratist cause, And die in the Sep'ratist army, And die in the Sep'ratist army, I'll give my all to the Sep'ratist cause, And die in the Sep'ratist army. If I must die for my home and land, My spirit will not falter, Oh, here's my heart and here's my hand'', Upon my planet's altar, Upon my planet's altar, Oh, here's my heart and here's my hand Upon my planet's altar. Then Heaven be with us in the strife, Be with the Sep'ratist soldier, We'll drive the mercenary horde, Beyond our Sep'ratist border, Beyond our Sep'ratist border, We'll drive the mercenary horde, Beyond our Sep'ratist border, I'll place my knapsack on my back, My rifle on my shoulder, I'll march away to the firing line, And kill that Rep-ublic soldier, And kill that Rep-ublic soldier, I'll march away to the firing line, And kill that Rep-ublic soldier!