--_Chorus._ [Illustration] THE FLAG OF THE CONSTELLATION. BY T. BUCHANAN REID. The stars of our morn on our banner borne, With the iris of heav'n are blended, The hands of our sires first mingled those fires, By us they shall be defended! Then hail the true--the Red, White, and Blue, The flag of the Constellation; It sails as it sailed, by our fore-fathers hailed, O'er battles that made us a nation. What hand so bold to strike from its fold, One star or stripe of its bright'ning; To him be each star a fiery Mars, Each stripe a terrible lightning. Then hail the true--the Red, White, and Blue, The flag of the Constellation. It sails as it sailed, by our fore-fathers hailed, O'er battles that made us a nation. Its meteor form shall ride the storm Till the fiercest of foes surrender; The storm gone by, it shall gild the sky, As a rainbow of peace and splendor. Then hail the true--the Red, White, and Blue, The flag of the Constellation, It sails as it sailed, by our fore-fathers hailed, O'er battles that made us a nation. Peace, peace to the world--is our motto unfurled, Tho' we shun not a field that is gory; At home or abroad, fearing none but our God, We will carve our own pathway to glory! Then hail the true--the Red, White, and Blue, The flag of the Constellation, It sails as it sailed, by our fore-fathers hailed, O'er battles that made us a nation, Florence, Italy, May, 1861. [Illustration] [Illustration] THE STARS AND STRIPES. BY JAMES T. FIELDS. Rally round the flag, boys-- Give it to the breeze! That's the banner we bore On the land and seas. Brave hearts are under it, Let the _traitors_ brag, Gallant lads, fire away! And fight for the flag. Their flag is but a rag-- Ours is the true one; Up with the Stars and Stripes! Down with the new one! Let our colors fly, boys-- Guard them day and night; For victory is liberty, And God will bless the right. [Illustration] THE BONNIE BLUE FLAG. BY ANNIE CHAMBERS KETCHUM. Come, brothers! rally for the right! The bravest of the brave Sends forth her ringing battle-cry Beside the Atlantic wave! She leads the way in honor's path; Come brothers, near and far, Come rally round the Bonnie Blue Flag That bears a single star! We've borne the Yankee trickery, The Yankee gibe and sneer, Till Yankee insolence and pride Know neither shame nor fear; But ready now with shot and steel Their brazen front to mar, We hoist aloft the Bonnie Blue Flag That bears a single star.