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You are listening to
"The Bonnie Blue Flag"
"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.
2.As long as the Union was faithful to her trust/
Like friends and like 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.
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3. 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.
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4. 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 statesmen rare/
Now rally round the Bonnie Blue Flag that bears a single star.
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5. Now here's to brave Virginia, the old Dominion State,/
With the young Confederacy at last has sealed her fate,
And spurred by her example, now other states prepare/
To hoist high the bonnie blue flag that bears a single star.
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6. Then cheer, boys, cheer, 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.
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7. 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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