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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 threatened, the
cry rose near and far:
Hurrah for the Bonnie Blue Flag that
bears a single star!
Chorus:
Hurrah! Hurrah! for Southern rights,
Hurrah!
Hurrah for the Bonnie 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 attempts
our rights to mar,
We hoist on high the Bonnie Blue Flag
that bears a single star.
(Chorus)
First, gallant South Carolina nobly made
the stand;
Then came Alabama, who took her by the
hand;
Next, quickly Mississippi, Georgia, and
Florida --
All raised on high the Bonnie Blue Flag
that bears a single star.
(Chorus)
Ye, men of valor, gather round the
banner of the right;
Texas and fair Louisiana join us in the
fight.
Davis, our loved president, and
Stephens, statesman are;
Now rally round the Bonnie Blue Flag
that bears a single star.
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And here's to brave Virginia! The Old
Dominion State,
With the young Confederacy at length has
linked her fate;
Impelled by her example, now other
States prepare
To hoist on high the Bonnie Blue Flag,
That bears a single star!
(Chorus)
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