"The Bonnie Blue Flag" (1861)
A Southern Patriotic Song,
Written, Arranged, and Sung
at his "Personation Concerts,"
by Harry Macarthy,
1.
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 threaten'd,
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!
2.
As long as the Union was faithful
to her trust,
Like friends and like bretheren
kind were we and just;
But now when Northern treachery
attempts our rights to mar,
We hoist the Bonnie Blue Flag
that bears a Single Star.
(CHORUS)
3.
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!
(CHORUS)
4.
Ye men of valor, gather round
the Banner of the Right,
Texas and fair Louisana, join
us in fight;
Davis, our loved President,
and Stphens, Stateman rare,
Now rally round the Bonnie
Blue Flag that bears a Single Star.
(CHORUS)
5.
And hear'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 State[s] prepare
To hoist on high the Bonnie
Blue Flag that bears a Single Star.
(CHORUS)
6.
Then cheer, boys, raise the
joyous shout,
For Arkansas and North Carolina
now have both gone out;
And let another rousing cheer
for Tennessee be given
To Single Star of the Bonnie
Blue Flag has grown to be Eleven.
(CHORUS)
7.
Then here's to 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.
CHORUS
Hurrah! Hurrah! for Southern
Rights Hurrah!
Hurrah! for the Bonnie Blue
Flag has gain'd th' Eleventh Star!