Misc Traditional – The Bonnie Blue Flag (Guitar)
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Harry McCarthy 1861
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bonnie_Blue_Flag
E A E B7 We are a band of brothers, and native to the soil, E A B7 E fighting for our property we gained by honest toil A E B7 And when our rights were threaten'd, the cry rose near and far, E A B7 E Hurrah for the Bonnie Blue Flag, that bears a single star! E B7 A E Hurrah! Hurrah! for southern rights, hurrah! E A B7 E Hurrah! for the Bonnie Blue flag that bears a single star! E A E B7 As long as the union was faithful to her trust, E A B7 E Like friend and bretheren, kind were we and just A E B7 But now when Northern treachery attempts our rights to mar, E A B7 E We hoist on high the Bonnie Blue Flag that bears a single star! E B7 A E Hurrah! Hurrah! for southern rights, hurrah! E A B7 E Hurrah! for the Bonnie Blue flag that bears a single star! E A E B7 First, gallant South Carolina nobly made the stand; E A B7 E Then came Alabama, who took her by the hand; A E B7 Next, quickly Mississippi, Georgia and Florida, E A B7 E All rais'd on high the Bonnie Blue Flag, that bears a single star! E B7 A E Hurrah! Hurrah! for southern rights, hurrah! E A B7 E Hurrah! for the Bonnie Blue flag that bears a single star! E A E B7 Ye men of valor, gather 'round the banner of the right, E A B7 E Texas and fair Louisiana, join us in the fight; A E B7 Davis, our loved President, and Stephens, Statesman rare, E A B7 E Now rally 'round the Bonnie Blue Flag, that bears a single star! E B7 A E Hurrah! Hurrah! for southern rights, hurrah! E A B7 E Hurrah! for the Bonnie Blue flag that bears a single star!
And here's to brave Virginia! the Old Dominion State
With the young Confederacy at length has link'd her fate;
Impell'd by her example, now other States prepare
To hoist on high the Bonnie Blue Flag, that bears a single star!
E B7 A E Hurrah! Hurrah! for southern rights, hurrah! E A B7 E Hurrah! for the Bonnie Blue flag that bears a single star!
And here's to our Confederacy, strong we are and brave,
Like patriots of old, we'll fight our heritage to save;
And rather than submit to shame, to die we would prefer,
So cheer for the Bonnie Blue Flag that bears a single star!
E B7 A E Hurrah! Hurrah! for southern rights, hurrah! E A B7 E Hurrah! for the Bonnie Blue flag that bears a single star!
Then cheer boys, cheer, and raise the joyous shout;
For Arkansas and North Carolina now have both gone out;
And let another rousing cheer for Tennessee be giv'n,
The single star of the Bonnie Blue Flag has grown to be Eleven
E B7 A E Hurrah! Hurrah! for southern rights, hurrah! E A B7 E Hurrah! for the Bonnie Blue flag that bears a single star!
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