MUSIC

THE BONNIE BLUE FLAG Lyrics by Harry Macarthy (d. 1880)

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
   Both 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.--CHORUS

And here's to old Virginia--
   The Old Dominion State--
Who 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

Then cheer, boys, cheer;
   Raise the 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 are we 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.--CHORUS   
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The Bonnie Blue Flag



Thanks to Benjamin Tubb of
The Music of the American Civil War (1861-1865)
for permission to use his MIDI file of
The Bonnie Blue Flag.
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Songs of the Confederacy