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We are a band of
brothers and native to the soil
Fighting for our
Liberty, with treasure, blood and 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
brethren, 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 and
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
Lou’siana join us in the fight
Davis, our loved
President, and Stephens statesmen are
Now rally round the
Bonnie Blue Flag that bears a single star.
CHORUS
And here's to brave
Virginia, the Old Dominion State.
With the young
Confed’racy 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
Cheer, boys, cheer,
and raise a joyous shout,
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.
CHORUS
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.
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