I am the Flag, and there is none else but me
From the storm-tossed Atlantic to the far western sea.
I was born on the green at Lexington town
When the shot was fired
heard the world around.
I cheered the heart and strengthened the will
Of the ragged troops that held Bunker Hill.
And that miserable winter I
was there with George
When the troops were encamped at Valley Forge.
And all through the war on land and on sea
My sons won the right to stand tall and free.
And then came secession
and as history relates
The terrible war between the states.
I ws torn asunder and my colors flew
Over hostile armies, the gray and the blue.
And I watched as my sons
were slaughtered and bled
And died by the thousand 'til the whole land was red.
Then it was over, united at last.
And my country grew and time went fast.
I was there with my sons st San Juan Hill
And on Flanders field when they beat Kaiser Bill.
At the harbor of Pearl and on Wake's bloody sands
I was held aloft by my sons' dying hands.
On Mount Suribachi I was raised there on high
To honor the brave and salute those to die.
At the Casserine Pass and on Normandy's shore,
Where the brave sons fought, I was there at the fore.
In far off Korea my story is known
And in South Viet Nam my colors have flown.
All over the world my colors you'll see
At the forefront of those who will fight to be free.
God grant this great country that I symbolize
The will to be worthy of the flag that it flies.
May our nation progress and liberty stand
Like the shadow of a rock in a weary land.