The Bonnie Blue Flag

The Bonnie Blue Flag
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We are a band of brothers,
And native to the soll,
Fighting for the property
We gained by honest toll;
And when our rights wore threatened,
The cry rose near and far
Hurrah for the bonnie blue flag
That bears a single star

Chorus
Hurrah! hurrah! for Southern rights burrah!
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 that bonnde 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 raised on high the bonnie blue flag
That bears a single star

Yo men of valor gather round
The banner of the right,
Texas and fair Louisiana
Join us in the fight:
Davis, our lovely President,
And Stevens, our statesman mare,
Now rally ’round the bonnie blue flag
That bears a single srar

And here’s to brave Virginia,
The old Dominion State
With the young Confederacy,
At length has linked her fate;
Impelled by her examp’e
Now other states prepare
To holst on high the bonnie blue flag
That bears a single star

Ther cheer, boys, cheer
Ralee the joyous shout
For Arkansas and North Carolina,
Now have both gone out;
And let another owing cheer
For Tennesace be given-
The single star of the bonnie blue hag
Has grown to be eleven

Then here’s to our Confederacy-
Strong we are and brave,
Like patrikate 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 single star