The flag of our Union forever!

"A song for our banner?"--The watchword recall Which gave the Republic her station; "United we stand--divided we fall!" It made and preserves us a nation!

England! Whence came each glowing hue That hints your flag of meteor light,-- The streaming red, the deeper blue, Crossed with the moonbeams' pearly white? The blood, the bruise--the blue, the red-- Let Asia's groaning millions speak; The white it tells of colour fled From starving Erin's pallid cheek.

Uncover when the flag goes by, boys, 'Tis freedom's starry banner that you greet, Flag fames in song and story Long may it wave, old glory The flag that has never known defeat.

The union of lakes--the union of lands-- The union of States none can sever-- The union of hearts--the union of hands-- And the flag of our Union for ever!

Nail to the mast her holy flag, Set every threadbare sail, And give her to the God of storms, The lightning and the gale.