The Old Flag Alone.Air—Old Folks at Home.Strongly the traitors now are banded,Fierce are they grown,By rebel demagogues commanded,Laws overthrown;Cursing the banner of their fathers,Madly they swarm,Hurling against the Rock of Union,Daring Rebellion’s storm.But true hearts can never falter,Now their faith is shown;So we stand by Freedom’s altar,True to the Old Flag alone!Once in the land we all were true men,Joined hand in hand;Now Treason’s madness makes them foemen,Cumbering the land;So we must treat them as we find them,“Enemies in war;”Fighting against the Flag of Union,Friends they can never be, more.Our true hearts shall never falter,Here our faith is shown,Standing now by Freedom’s altar,True to the Old Flag alone!
Air—Old Folks at Home.
Strongly the traitors now are banded,Fierce are they grown,By rebel demagogues commanded,Laws overthrown;Cursing the banner of their fathers,Madly they swarm,Hurling against the Rock of Union,Daring Rebellion’s storm.But true hearts can never falter,Now their faith is shown;So we stand by Freedom’s altar,True to the Old Flag alone!Once in the land we all were true men,Joined hand in hand;Now Treason’s madness makes them foemen,Cumbering the land;So we must treat them as we find them,“Enemies in war;”Fighting against the Flag of Union,Friends they can never be, more.Our true hearts shall never falter,Here our faith is shown,Standing now by Freedom’s altar,True to the Old Flag alone!
Strongly the traitors now are banded,Fierce are they grown,By rebel demagogues commanded,Laws overthrown;Cursing the banner of their fathers,Madly they swarm,Hurling against the Rock of Union,Daring Rebellion’s storm.But true hearts can never falter,Now their faith is shown;So we stand by Freedom’s altar,True to the Old Flag alone!Once in the land we all were true men,Joined hand in hand;Now Treason’s madness makes them foemen,Cumbering the land;So we must treat them as we find them,“Enemies in war;”Fighting against the Flag of Union,Friends they can never be, more.Our true hearts shall never falter,Here our faith is shown,Standing now by Freedom’s altar,True to the Old Flag alone!
Strongly the traitors now are banded,Fierce are they grown,By rebel demagogues commanded,Laws overthrown;Cursing the banner of their fathers,Madly they swarm,Hurling against the Rock of Union,Daring Rebellion’s storm.But true hearts can never falter,Now their faith is shown;So we stand by Freedom’s altar,True to the Old Flag alone!
Strongly the traitors now are banded,
Fierce are they grown,
By rebel demagogues commanded,
Laws overthrown;
Cursing the banner of their fathers,
Madly they swarm,
Hurling against the Rock of Union,
Daring Rebellion’s storm.
But true hearts can never falter,
Now their faith is shown;
So we stand by Freedom’s altar,
True to the Old Flag alone!
Once in the land we all were true men,Joined hand in hand;Now Treason’s madness makes them foemen,Cumbering the land;So we must treat them as we find them,“Enemies in war;”Fighting against the Flag of Union,Friends they can never be, more.Our true hearts shall never falter,Here our faith is shown,Standing now by Freedom’s altar,True to the Old Flag alone!
Once in the land we all were true men,
Joined hand in hand;
Now Treason’s madness makes them foemen,
Cumbering the land;
So we must treat them as we find them,
“Enemies in war;”
Fighting against the Flag of Union,
Friends they can never be, more.
Our true hearts shall never falter,
Here our faith is shown,
Standing now by Freedom’s altar,
True to the Old Flag alone!