The Bonnie Blue Flag

          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!

          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 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!

          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
      Hurrah! Hurrah! for Southern rights, Hurrah!
      Hurrah for the Bonnie Blue Flag
      That bears a single star!

          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
      Hurrah! Hurrah! for Southern rights, Hurrah!
      Hurrah for the Bonnie Blue Flag
      That bears a single star!

          And here's to brave Virginia! The Old Dominion State,
          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
      Hurrah! Hurrah! for Southern rights, Hurrah!
      Hurrah for the Bonnie Blue Flag
      That bears a single star!