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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE BONNIE BLUE FLAG, by HARRY MACARTHY First Line: We are a band of brothers Last Line: Hurrah! For the bonnie blue flag has gain'd th' eleventh star! Subject(s): American Civil War; Confederate States Of America; U.s. - History; Confederacy | |||
We are a band of brothers, And native to the soil, Fighting for the property We gained by honest toil; And when our rights were threaten'd, The cry rose near and far, Hurrah for the Bonnie Blue Flag, that bears a Single Star! Hurrah! Hurrah! for Southern Rights! Hurrah for the Bobbie Blue Flag, that bears a Single Star! As long as the Union was faithful to her trust, Like friends and like brothers, kind were we and just; But now, when Northern treachery our rights to mar, We hoist on high the Bonnie Blue Flag, that bears a Sing Star! Hurrah! Hurrah! for Southern Rights! Hurrah for the Bonnie Blue Flag, that bears a Single Star! First gallant South Carolina nobly made the stand; Then came Alabama, who took her by the hand; Next, quickly Mississippi, Georgia and Florida, All rais'd on high the Bonnie Blue Flag that bears a Single Star! Hurrah! Hurrah! for Southern Rights! Hurrah for the Bonnie Blue Flag, that bears a Single Star! Ye men of valor, gather round the Banner of the Right, Texas and fair Louisiana join us in the fight; Davis, our beloved President, and Stephens, statesmen rare, Now rally round the Bonnie Blue Flag that bears a Single Star! Hurrah! Hurrah! for Southern Rights! Hurrah for the Boonie Blue Flag, that bears a Single Star! And here's to brave Virginia! the old Dominion State With the young Confederacy at length has link'd her fate; Impell'd by her example, now other states prepare To hoist on high the Bonnie Blue Flag that bears a Single Star. Hurrah! Hurrah! for Southern Rights! Hurrah for the Bonnie Blue Flag, that bears a Single Star! Then here's to our Confederacy, strong we are and brave, Like patriots of old, we'll fight our heritage to save; And rather than submit to shame, to die we would prefer, So cheer for the Bonnie Blue Flag that bears a single star. Hurrah! Hurrah! for Southern Rights! Hurrah for the Bonnie Blue Flag, that bears a Single Star! Then cheer, boys, cheer, raise the joyous about, For Arkansas and North Carolina now have both gone out; And let another rousing cheer for Tennessee be given -- The Single Star of the Bonnie Blue Flag has grown to be Eleven. Hurrah! Hurrah! for Southern Rights; hurrah! Hurrah! for the Bonnie Blue Flag has gain'd th' Eleventh Star! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BONNIE BLUE FLAG by ANNIE CHAMBERS KETCHUM THE CONQUERED BANNER by ABRAM JOSEPH RYAN ODE TO THE CONFEDERATE DEAD by JOHN ORLEY ALLEN TATE AT MAGNOLIA CEMETERY by HENRY TIMROD BEAUREGARD by CATHERINE ANNE WARFIELD |
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