While People and States, from the Lakes to the Ocean,
Proudly join in the march of the Free!
From thy borders, Penobscot, their shout has ascended;
Connecticut’s tide bears it on;
Till with thine, Mississippi, its surgings are blended,
And Roanoke recalls glories gone;
Thou, placid Ohio, art thrilled with the spirit
Waked from Michigan’s marge to the sea,
Where our own noble Hudson so proudly shall hear it,
And joy in the march of the Free!