tyrants remember
hurrah for flag of the free
it waves forever
Other nations may deem their flags the best
And cheer them with fervid elation
But the flag of the North and South and West
Is the flag of flags, the flag of Freedom’s nation.
Hurrah for the flag of the free!
May it wave as our standard forever,
The gem of the land and the sea,
The banner of the right.
Let tyrants remember the day
When our fathers with mighty endeavor
Proclaimed as they marched to the fray
That by their might and by their right
It waves forever.
The Stars and Stripes Forever, music AND LYRICS by John Philip Sousa.
By a 1987 act of the U.S. Congress, it is the official National March of the United States of America.
Goodness gracious but remember the times when Congress used to ACT and we didn’t have to take to streets to protest on behalf of Democracy, Life and Liberty?
Sing out for liberty and light,
Sing out for freedom and the right,
Sing out for Union and its might,
It waves forever.
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