185. the starry flag: a National song, by John savage.
air--“Dixie's Land.” Oh, the Starry Flag is the flag for me!'Tis the flag of life! the flag of the free!
Then hurrah, hurrah!
For the Flag of the Union!
Oh, the Starry Flag, &c.
We'll raise that starry banner, boys,
Hurrah, hurrah!
We'll raise that starry banner, boys,
Where no power in wrath can face it!
On town and field,
The people's shield,
No treason can erase it!
O'er all the land
That flag must stand,
Where the people's might shall place it.
That flag was won through gloom and woe!
It has blessed the brave and awed the foe!
Then hurrah, hurrah!
For the Flag of the Union.
That flag was won, &c.
We'll raise that starry banner, boys--
Hurrah, hurrah!
We'll raise that starry banner, boys,
Where the Stripes no hand can sever!
On fort and mast
We'll nail it fast,
To balk all base endeavor!
O'er roof and spire,
A living fire,
The Stars shall blaze forever.
'Tis the people's will, both great and small,
The rights of the States, the Union of all!
Then hurrah, hurrah!
For the Flag of the Union!
'Tis the people's will, &c.
We'll raise that starry banner, boys--
Hurrah, hurrah!
We'll raise that starry banner, boys--
Till it is the world's wonder!
On fort and crag
We'll plant that flag,
With the people's voice of thunder!
We'll plant that flag,
Where no hand can drag
Its immortal folds asunder!
We must keep that flag where it e'er has stood,
In front of the free, the wise, and the good;
Then hurrah, hurrah!
For the Flag of the Union!
We must keep that flag, &c.
We'll raise that starry banner, boys--
Hurrah, hurrah!
We'll raise that starry banner, boys,
On field, fort, mast, and steeple!
And fight and fall,
At our country's call,
By the glorious flag of the people!
In God, the just,
We place our trust,
To defend the flag of the people.
The effect of some fourteen hundred voices thundering forth the refrain, was one of the most exciting and inspiriting we have ever witnessed. At the close the utmost enthusiasm prevailed, and three cheers for John Savage were given. Lieut.-Col. Nugent, Lieut. E. K. Butler, and Father T. J. Mooney, the popular chaplain of the Sixty-ninth, by song and sentiment contributed to the enjoyment of the occasion.--National Intelligencer, June 1.
