The cannons poured forth fire and thunder,
The great shells cleft the waves asunder,
As gun replied to gun.
Right through the hot hell-fire and shell,
Through mist and smoke and shot that fell
O'er ship and boiling sea, pell-mell,
Charged Freedom's heroes true.
For o'er the battle's smoke and fury
Waved high the synonym of glory,—
The old "Red, White and Blue."