Here comes the flag
Hail it!
Who dares to drag
Or trail it?
Give it hurrahs.
Three for the stars
Three for the bars.
Uncover your head to it!
The soldiers who tread to it
Shout at the sight of it,
The justice and right of it,
The unsullied 'white
of it,
The blue and the red
of it,
And tyranny's dread
of it!
Here comes The Flag!
Cheer it!
Valley and crag
Shall hear it.
Fathers shall
bless it,
Children caress
it.
All shall maintain
it,
No one shall stain it.
Cheers for the sailors that fought on the wave for it,
Cheers for the soldiers that always were brave for it,
Tearsfor the men that went down to the grave for it.
Here comes The
Flag!
Arthur Macy,
in Youths Companion
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