The bravest of the brave Sends forth his ringing battle-cray Beside the Atlantic wave. She leads the way in honor's path: Come, brothers, near and far, Come, rally round the Bonnie Blue Flag That bears a single star! Hurrah! hurrah! for Southern rights Hurrah! Hurrah for the Bonnie Blue Flag That bears a single star! II We've borne the Yankee trickery, The Yankee gibe and sneer, Till Northern insolence and pride Know neither shame nor fear; But ready now with shot and steel Their brazen front to mar, We holst aloft the Bonnie Blue Flag That bears a single star. III Now Georgia marches to the front, And close beside her come Her sisters of the Mexique sea, With pealing trump and drum; Till answering back from hill and glen The rallying cry afar, A nation holsts the Bonnie Blue Flag That bears a single star. IV By every stone in Charleston Bay, By each beleaguered town, We swear to rest not night nor day, But hunt the tyrants down; Till bathed in valor's holy blood The gazing world afar Shall greet with shouts the Bonnie Blue Flag That bears a single star." Complete lyrics 1. We're a band of brothers, native of the soil Fighting for our liberty, with treasure, blood, and toil. When first our rights were threatened, and the cry rose near and far We raised up high the Bonnie Blue Flag that bears a single star! Chorus: Hurrah! Hurrah! For Southern rights, hurrah! Hurrah for the Bonnie Blue Flag that bears a single star! 2. As long as the Union was faithful to her trust Like friends and like brethren, kind were we, and just But now, when Northern treachery attempts our rights to mar We hoist on high the Bonnie Blue Flag that bears a single star. Chorus 3. First gallant South Carolina came nobly to the stand Then came Alabama and took her by the hand Quickly, followed Mississippi, Georgia, and Florida All raised on high the Bonnie Blue Flag that bears a single star. Chorus 4. Ye men of valor gather round the banner of the right Texas and fair Louisiana join us in the fight Davis, for a President, and Stephens statesmen rare Now rally round the Bonnie Blue Flag that bears a single star. Chorus 5. Now here's to brave Virginia, the Old Dominion State, With the young Confederacy at last