The Flag and the Union.Air—Bay of Biscay, O!Loud roared Disunion’s thunder,And Treason’s fires burned red;Our nation, rent asunder,Beheld the tempest dread;From Sumter’s blazing spars,Our glorious flag of stars,Torn away,Prostrate lay,Under sway of Rebels, O!But upward rose our Nation,Aroused by war’s alarms;With one loud declarationThe people sprung to arms—“Our Flag,” they cried, “shall wave!Our Union we will save!Clear the way,For the fray!We’ll repay these Rebels, O!”“Our course by heaven is guided—Its goal yet shines afar—Our Union undivided—Our flag with every star!From Rio Grande’s shore,To ice-bound Labrador,Land and seaShall be freeFrom the sway of Rebels, O!”
Air—Bay of Biscay, O!
Loud roared Disunion’s thunder,And Treason’s fires burned red;Our nation, rent asunder,Beheld the tempest dread;From Sumter’s blazing spars,Our glorious flag of stars,Torn away,Prostrate lay,Under sway of Rebels, O!But upward rose our Nation,Aroused by war’s alarms;With one loud declarationThe people sprung to arms—“Our Flag,” they cried, “shall wave!Our Union we will save!Clear the way,For the fray!We’ll repay these Rebels, O!”“Our course by heaven is guided—Its goal yet shines afar—Our Union undivided—Our flag with every star!From Rio Grande’s shore,To ice-bound Labrador,Land and seaShall be freeFrom the sway of Rebels, O!”
Loud roared Disunion’s thunder,And Treason’s fires burned red;Our nation, rent asunder,Beheld the tempest dread;From Sumter’s blazing spars,Our glorious flag of stars,Torn away,Prostrate lay,Under sway of Rebels, O!But upward rose our Nation,Aroused by war’s alarms;With one loud declarationThe people sprung to arms—“Our Flag,” they cried, “shall wave!Our Union we will save!Clear the way,For the fray!We’ll repay these Rebels, O!”“Our course by heaven is guided—Its goal yet shines afar—Our Union undivided—Our flag with every star!From Rio Grande’s shore,To ice-bound Labrador,Land and seaShall be freeFrom the sway of Rebels, O!”
Loud roared Disunion’s thunder,And Treason’s fires burned red;Our nation, rent asunder,Beheld the tempest dread;From Sumter’s blazing spars,Our glorious flag of stars,Torn away,Prostrate lay,Under sway of Rebels, O!
Loud roared Disunion’s thunder,
And Treason’s fires burned red;
Our nation, rent asunder,
Beheld the tempest dread;
From Sumter’s blazing spars,
Our glorious flag of stars,
Torn away,
Prostrate lay,
Under sway of Rebels, O!
But upward rose our Nation,Aroused by war’s alarms;With one loud declarationThe people sprung to arms—“Our Flag,” they cried, “shall wave!Our Union we will save!Clear the way,For the fray!We’ll repay these Rebels, O!”
But upward rose our Nation,
Aroused by war’s alarms;
With one loud declaration
The people sprung to arms—
“Our Flag,” they cried, “shall wave!
Our Union we will save!
Clear the way,
For the fray!
We’ll repay these Rebels, O!”
“Our course by heaven is guided—Its goal yet shines afar—Our Union undivided—Our flag with every star!From Rio Grande’s shore,To ice-bound Labrador,Land and seaShall be freeFrom the sway of Rebels, O!”
“Our course by heaven is guided—
Its goal yet shines afar—
Our Union undivided—
Our flag with every star!
From Rio Grande’s shore,
To ice-bound Labrador,
Land and sea
Shall be free
From the sway of Rebels, O!”