"The banner of the Free" (29 Jun 1840)
An Ode
For July 4th 1840
Written by a
Young Lady of Albany,
for the
"Young Men's Association,"
Composed by
U. C. Hill.

Pr. 33 Cts.
New York: Firth and Hall,1 Franklin Sq.

Lithographer: R. Barber
[Source:
CALL NUMBER
M1.A12V vol. 4 Case Class original bound volumes
PART OF
American 19th-century sheet music. Copyright deposits, 1820-1860
REPOSITORY
Library of Congress. Music Division.
DIGITAL ID
sm1840 371030
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/sm1840.371030]

1. The bright flag of America,
How gallantly it waves,
Above the freeman’s dwelling  place,
Above the foeman’s graves, the foeman’s graves;
By stately streams, and forests deep,
By stately streams and forests deep
And on the bounding sea
And on the bounding sea.

[CHORUS sung after each VERSE]
A thousand hearts are welcoming,
The banner of the free.

2. Where’er a peaceful hamlet lies,
Its sheltering hills between,
The starry beacon floats above,
As guardian of the scene,
Where the north pine forests bind, to
The tempest’s sweeping blast,
And every stone a record keeps
Of struggles of the past.

3. Where the prairies plain is spreading,
And wild warwhoops ring by,
Or by the distant water course,
Beneath a southern sky,
The stars, and stripes wave proudly out,
And from farwood to sea,
From heart, and voice, breaks forth the shout,
The banner of the free.
And from farwood to sea.