Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-07-05

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1v,., 1vr,o,useiy' no doubt, in fashion bucolie
'A evarce any choice 'twixt fight and
Tbo onoveI 1an II mat banner up there is unfurled,
Ano nag OF my country, the bloom n tho world,
M n. ulaS DC pad FORM or provincial " or ,1v."
wv. M"Ne up the dead on the Fourth of .Julv
WIN cannons and 1rec,ael,ers tru,nnotS and
drums; v lpo'' "n'
Du' the blood In my veins sort O bubbles and
huns "A'
NV mheneVer that banner up there is unfurled,
mug Vi my country the bloom o the world
porpia not the children, the girls and the bows;
~ Suoh is tne kingdom go on with the noise
soou Vo DC young and it's good to be here
Uu ~, tne happiest day that comes in the year
me uay on which Freedom "Old Glorvu nm
furled, U''
Ahe mug Oh my country, the bloom o. the world
God bless the old fogy with fire In his eve
And whoop in his throat for the Fourth NJ
July WI VI
snare MS delight in q spread-eagle lingo.
AN anu MS cock-o -the-walk sort O. patriot lingo
whenever That banner up there is unfured
lne nag Oh my country, the bloom O. the world
It's all very well to be courteous and pleasant.
strangers
present;
But there's no use o talking, it's in me TO saw:
we can lick all creation and rest half the day,
whenever that banner up there Is unfurled
Inc nag oil my country, the bloom O. the world
some folks that we've walloped need more of 1t
yet
To remind EN- of Yorktown, we'll saw. or Cbal-
mette,
To teach 'en GOOD nonnors n .bf,,. a. o. a., -.
lack.
is Kipling around? Well, don't take it back
just now, when the banner up there is unfurled,
The flag of my country, the bloom O the world!
We keep open house, and we have the same
word
OF welcome for peasant, or flunlSey, or lord;
And we'd just as lief kick out O king as q
tramp
If he looks like brute and behaves like
scamp,
Whenever that banner up there is unfurled
The flag Of my country, the bloom o the world
II aliens don't think that our land is the best,
Let EN- take themselves back to their own and
be blest
Where they'll not have to look democrats in
the eye,
Or see the bird soar on the Fourth of July,
What time that old banner up there is unfurled,
The flag of my country, the bloom O. the world
For as long as time lasts, or while freemen sur
vive
And swarm in our nation like bees In hive,
Wen have our own way, and our way will be
right;
And, glory by day and splendor by night,
That banner shall lead; 1t will never be furled,
The flag of my country, the bloom O the world
It's queer; but my eyes kind o. fill up with
water,
And somehow my voice don't sound as clear as
1t ought to
When think Of the men and the days that are
dead
OF the wrongs that were borne and the blood
that was shed
For the sake of that banner above us unfurled,
The flag of my country, the bloom o the world!
Lawk! how despise certain fellows know,
Self-styled cosmopolltes, in for show
OF universality looking so wise
And half making fun of our Fourth O. Julys;
And winking like apes when our banners un-
furled,
The flag of my country, the bloom o the world
I'd lust like to stamp EN- down under my feet,
Or give 'em whaling whenever we meet!
What are they fit for under the sum-
The thought of battle would make EN- all
run,
Desert the old banner that Freedom unfurled
The flag of my country, the bloom o the world
OH yes. 'twould be useless for me to deny
That I'm kind O. worked up on the Fourth O.
July
And proud of our record and proud OF our
fame
Well. YES. am old; but you bet be game
whenever that banner up there is unfurled'
The flag of my country, the bloom o the world
Where's that declaration Just read 1T once
more,
Then wheel out the cannons, and let em oil
roar , -.
For the precious old flag that our heroes nave
borne ,., hora ,vos for.
In the tempests Of battle, when hope was for-
THAT banner of glory by Freedom unfurled'
Tt,o eoo of INV country, the bloom o. the world
Read at Roseland Park, N, j., by Maurice
Tbompson-N Y Independent