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;