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!"
 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
 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.
 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.
 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 statesmen are;
 Now rally round the Bonnie Blue Flag
 That bears a single star.
 Hurrah! Hurrah!
 For Southern rights hurrah!
 Hurrah for the Bonnie Blue Flag
 That bears a single star.
 And here's to old Virginia--
 The Old Dominion State--
 Who 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.
 Hurrah! Hurrah!
 For Southern rights hurrah!
 Hurrah for the Bonnie Blue Flag
 That bears a single star.
 Then cheer, boys, cheer;
 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.
 Hurrah! Hurrah!
 For Southern rights hurrah!
 Hurrah for the Bonnie Blue Flag
 That bears a single star.
 Then here's to our Confederacy,
 Strong are we 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.
 Hurrah! Hurrah!
 For Southern rights hurrah!
 Hurrah for the Bonnie Blue Flag
 That bears a single star.