COLUMBIA’S FLAG
Let’s raise Columbia’s banner to the clouds
And hoist her colors in the skies;
Let every patriot ’neath her azure stand;
Let never a foe upon her rise!
Let’s wear her emblem proudly on our breasts;
Let’s steel our hearts with valor true.
As long as she doth guard our liberty
With the tints of the red, white and blue!
Whether in peace or in the battle’s roar,
Be she the guardian of our soil!
Spare not our lives to save our country’s hearth;
Shirk not the havoc and the toil!
Dear flag, thou emblem of a nation’s pride,
Sail proudly o’er the scattered main,
And gather all Columbia’s sons to thee,
That never may our freedom wane!
Go raise Columbia’s banner to the clouds,
And hoist her colors in the skies!
Let every patriot ’neath her azure stand;
Let never a foe upon her rise!