To Albert F. Pike, Esq., the Poet-Lawyer of Arkansas.
"The Bonnie Blue Flag" (1861)
A Southern Patriotic Song,
Written, Arranged, and Sung at his "Personation Concerts,"
by Harry Macarthy,
The Arkansas Comedian

1.
We are a band of brothers,
And native to the soil,
Fighting for our Liberty,
With treasure, blood, and toil;
And when our rights were threaten'd,
The cry rose near and far,
Hurrah for 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 bretheren kind were we and just;
But now when Northern treachery attempts our rights to mar,
We hoist the Bonnie Blue Flag that bears a Single Star.

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3.
First, gallant South Carolina, nobly made the stand;
Then came Alabama, who took her by the hand;
Next, quickly Mississippi, Georgia and Florida,
All rais'd on high the Bonnie Blue Flag that bears a Single Star!

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4.
Ye men of valor, gather round the Banner of the Right,
Texas and fair Louisana, join us in fight;
Davis, our loved President, and Stephens, Stateman rare,
Now rally round the Bonnie Blue Flag that bears a Single Star.

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5.
And hear's to brave Virginia! the Old Dominion State
With the young Confederacy at length has link'd her fate;
Impell'd by her example, now other State[s] prepare
To hoist on high the Bonnie Blue Flag that bears a Single Star.

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6.
Then cheer, boys, raise the joyous shout,
For Arkansas and North Carolina now have both gone out;
And let another rousing cheer for Tennessee be given
To Single Star of the Bonnie Blue Flag has grown to be Eleven.

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7.
Then here's to Confederacy, strong we are and brave,
Like patriots of old, we'll fight our heritage to save;
And rather than submit to shame, to die we would prefer,
So cheer for the Bonnie Blue Flag that bears a Single Star.

CHORUS
Hurrah! Hurrah! for Southern Rights Hurrah!
Hurrah! for the Bonnie Blue Flag has gain'd th' Eleventh Star!