Where justice and freedom are pledged unto man!
And the dastard who doubts thee, the wretch who betrays,
Accursed of all mankind shall end his vile days!
For of all the world’s lands, there is no land like thee—
Our Beautiful Union! the Land of the Free!
The Star-Gemmed Flag.
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Our fathers cleft the ocean wave,
The birthright of the free to save;
And when they hail’d these western shores,