# The Bonnie Blue Flag

The Bonnie Blue Flag (euskaraz Bandera Urdin Ederra), baita We Are a Band of Brothers (Anai Talde Bat Gara) ere deitua, AEBetako Gerra Zibilean (1861-1865) zehar Konfederazioaren Armadak martxa militar gisa erabilitako abesti bat da. AEBetara emigratutako Harry McCarthy irlandar musikariak konposatu zuen, aurrez bazegoen The Irish Jaunting Car (Irlandar Ibilaldi Gurdia) doinua oinarritzat hartuz, izan ere, bonnie hitza Eskozia eta Ipar Irlandan maiz eskozieraz, Ulsterko eskozieraz nahiz ingelesez herri hizkeran erabiltzen den hitza da, eta McCarthy bera jaiotzez Ipar Irlandakoa zen.
Abestiak Bonnie Blue Flag ezizenez ezagutzen zen Konfederazioaren lehenbiziko bandera ez ofizialari aipamen egiten dio, ondo urdineko izar zuri bakarreko bandera.
Estreinatu eta berehala sekulako arrakasta izan eta Konfederazioaren ereserkia ez ofizialetako bat izan zen, soldadu konfederatuek oso estimatua eta gerran maiz erabilia, I Wish I Was in Dixie beste ereserkia konfederatu ez ofizial ospetsuari lehia bizia eginez.
Harry McCarthyk Hegoaldea laga eta Iparraldeko Filadelfia hirian bizitzen jarri zenean abestiak lekualdatze hura gaizki ikusi zuten konfederatuen artean estima apur bat galdu zuen, halere, gaur egun ere, Hegoaldean ospe handia izaten jarraitzen du.

## Hitzak

    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 threatened, 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.
    As long as the Union was faithful to her trust
    Like friends and 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
    First gallant South Carolina nobly made the stand
    Then came Alabama and took her by the hand
    Next, quickly Mississippi, Georgia, and Florida
    All raised on high the Bonnie Blue Flag that bears a single star.
    Chorus
    Ye men of valor gather round the banner of the right
    Texas and fair Louisiana join us in the fight
    Davis, our loved President, and Stephens statesmen are
    Now rally round the Bonnie Blue Flag that bears a single star.
    Chorus
    Now here's to brave Virginia, the old Dominion State,
    With the young Confederacy at last has sealed her fate,
    And spurred by her example, now other states prepar'
    To hoist high the bonnie blue flag that bears a single star.
    Chorus
    Then cheer, boys, cheer, raise a joyous shout
    For Arkansas and North Carolina now have both gone out,
    And let another rousing cheer for Tennessee be given,
    The single star of the Bonnie Blue Flag has grown to be eleven.
    Chorus
    Then here's to our 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

## Kanpo estekak

* The Bonnie Blue Flag abestia entzungai, Gods and Generals filma, Youtube.com (Ingelesez)
* The Bonnie Blue Flag abesti osoa entzungai, Youtube.com (Ingelesez)
* Datuak: Q2298448