I
No longer flows the crimson flood:
No brother sheds fraternal blood!
All strife and pain and discord cease;
We welcome back the reign of peace!
The cloud is past – our banner waves
Above a land where dwell no slaves!
Again each star appears in view –
God bless the men who wore the blue!
Again each star appears in view –
God bless the men who wore the blue!
II.
Hail! Brothers hail! For we are free;
From North to South, from sea to sea!
Then let our thankful voices raise
To day, a joyful hymn of praise!
The ones who tell ‘mid leaden rain
At Bunker Hill died not in vain.
Again each star appears in view –
God bless the men who wore the blue!
Again each star appears in view –
God bless the men who wore the blue!
III.
Columbia mounds her fallen braves!
Each stripe has cost ten thousand graves,
With tears each fold is consecrate,
And yet the price is none too great!
The cloud is past – our banners waves,
Above a land where dwell no slaves!
Again each star appears in view –
God bless the men who wore the blue!
Again each star appears in view –
God bless the men who wore the blue!
(Joseph Warren Watson)
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