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We
are a band of brothers, and native to the soil,
Fighting for our liberty with treasured blood and 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 brethren, 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.
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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.
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Ye men of valour, gather round The Banner of the Right!
Texas and fair Louisiana join us in the fight.
Davis, our loved president, and Stephens statesman rare
Now rally round the Bonnie Blue Flag that bears a single star.
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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.
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Then cheer boys!, Cheer now! 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.
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Then here's to our Confederacy, Strong we are and brave
Like patriots of olde 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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