Maryland, My Maryland

The despot's heel is on thy shore
 Maryland, my Maryland
 His torches at thy temple door
 Maryland, my Maryland
 Avenge the patriotic gore
 That flecked the streets of Baltimore
 And be the battle queen of yore
 Maryland, my Maryland
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 Thou wilt not cower in the dust
 Maryland, my Maryland
 Thy beaming sword shall never rust
 Maryland, my Maryland
 Remember Carroll's sacred trust
 Remember Howard's warlike thrust
 And though thy slumberers with the just
 Maryland, my Maryland
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 Dear mother, burst the tyrant's chain
 Maryland, my Maryland
 Virginia should not call in vain
 Maryland, my Maryland
 She meets her sisters on the plain
 "Sic semper" 'tis the proud refrain
 That baffle's minions back o'Maine
 Maryland, my Maryland
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 Arise, arise in majesty again
 Maryland, Maryland, my Maryland