Rule, Columbia.Air—Rule, Britannia.When tyrants fled our rescued land,And Freedom bless’d her sacred shrine,Each patriot raised to heaven his hand,And swore to guard her rights divine.Rule, Columbia!The Union still must sway!Freemen rule America!Our land is Freedom’s chosen home,To all the world ’tis opened wide;To these fair shores let nations come,And all our bounteous soil divide.Rule, Columbia!The Union still must sway!Freemen rule America!The Union is our children’s dower,’Tis priceless as the air we breathe;While rebel arms defy its power,Our patriot swords we’ll never sheathe!Rule, Columbia!The Union still must sway!Freemen rule America!
Air—Rule, Britannia.
When tyrants fled our rescued land,And Freedom bless’d her sacred shrine,Each patriot raised to heaven his hand,And swore to guard her rights divine.Rule, Columbia!The Union still must sway!Freemen rule America!Our land is Freedom’s chosen home,To all the world ’tis opened wide;To these fair shores let nations come,And all our bounteous soil divide.Rule, Columbia!The Union still must sway!Freemen rule America!The Union is our children’s dower,’Tis priceless as the air we breathe;While rebel arms defy its power,Our patriot swords we’ll never sheathe!Rule, Columbia!The Union still must sway!Freemen rule America!
When tyrants fled our rescued land,And Freedom bless’d her sacred shrine,Each patriot raised to heaven his hand,And swore to guard her rights divine.Rule, Columbia!The Union still must sway!Freemen rule America!Our land is Freedom’s chosen home,To all the world ’tis opened wide;To these fair shores let nations come,And all our bounteous soil divide.Rule, Columbia!The Union still must sway!Freemen rule America!The Union is our children’s dower,’Tis priceless as the air we breathe;While rebel arms defy its power,Our patriot swords we’ll never sheathe!Rule, Columbia!The Union still must sway!Freemen rule America!
When tyrants fled our rescued land,And Freedom bless’d her sacred shrine,Each patriot raised to heaven his hand,And swore to guard her rights divine.Rule, Columbia!The Union still must sway!Freemen rule America!
When tyrants fled our rescued land,
And Freedom bless’d her sacred shrine,
Each patriot raised to heaven his hand,
And swore to guard her rights divine.
Rule, Columbia!
The Union still must sway!
Freemen rule America!
Our land is Freedom’s chosen home,To all the world ’tis opened wide;To these fair shores let nations come,And all our bounteous soil divide.Rule, Columbia!The Union still must sway!Freemen rule America!
Our land is Freedom’s chosen home,
To all the world ’tis opened wide;
To these fair shores let nations come,
And all our bounteous soil divide.
Rule, Columbia!
The Union still must sway!
Freemen rule America!
The Union is our children’s dower,’Tis priceless as the air we breathe;While rebel arms defy its power,Our patriot swords we’ll never sheathe!Rule, Columbia!The Union still must sway!Freemen rule America!
The Union is our children’s dower,
’Tis priceless as the air we breathe;
While rebel arms defy its power,
Our patriot swords we’ll never sheathe!
Rule, Columbia!
The Union still must sway!
Freemen rule America!