The Bonnie Blue Flag
Composer(s): Harry McCarthy
Performer(s): Douglas Jimerson
and multiple other artists



We are a band of brothers
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 brethren
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 

First gallant South Carolina
Nobly made the stand
Then came Alabama
And took her by the hand 
Next, quickly, Mississippi
Georgia, and Florida
All raised on high 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

And here's to brave Virginia
The Old Dominion State
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

Then here's to our Confederacy
Strong we are 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 

Then cheer, boys, cheer
Raise a 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!