The National tribune., 1910-07-14


Maryland. my Maryland
Come with thy panoplied array,
Maryland, my Maryland
With Ringgold's spirit for the fray,
With Watson's blood at Monterey,
With fearless Lowe and dashing May,
Maryland, my Maryland!
Dear Mother. burst the tyrant's. chain,
Maryland. my Maryland!
Virginia should not call in vain,
Maryland. my Marylandl
She meets her sisters on the plain,
"Sic semper," tits the proud refrain
That battles minions back amain,
Maryland. my Maryland!
Arise in majesty again,
Maryland, my Maryland!
Come! for thy shield is bright and
strong.
Maryland. my Maryland,
Come! for thy dalliance does thee
wrong.
Maryland. my Maryland,
Come to thine own heroic throng,
Stalking with liberty along,
And chant thy dauntless slcgan-song,
Maryland, my Maryland
see the blush upon thy. cheek.
Maryland my Maryland
But thou vast ever bravelY meek,
Maryland, my Maryland
But 10! there surges forth a shrek,
From hill to hill, from creek to creek.
Potomac calls to Chesa peake.
Maryland, my Maryland!
Thou wilt not yield the vandal toll.
Maryland. my Maryland
Thou wilt not crook to his control,
Maryland. my Maryland
Better the fire upon the roll.
Better the shot the blade, the bowl,
Than crucifixion of the SOUL
Maryland, my Maryland,
hear the distant thunder-hum,
Maryland. my Maryland,
The "Old Lines" bugle. fife and drum,
Maryland, my Maryland,
She is not dead, nor deaf nor dumb;
Huzzai she spurns the Northern scum
She breathes, She. burnsi She'll comsI
She'll come,
Maryland. my Marylandi
1t would not have been so bad If this
wretched scurrility had been allowed
to die with other ephemeraI productions
of the first months of the war. RAM
dali. however, who was a professional
rebel, though we never heard Of his
doing anything practical in the way u
fighting for the Confederacy, felt that as
this was his sole claim 20 fame, he must
battle for 1t. Several years ago there
was a meeting of representative Mary
landers gathered in the Continental
Memorial Hall. Among them were tho
Governor of the State, Admiral Schley,
the President General OF the d. A. r.,
the Bishop of Washington, and others
of Maryland birth and lineage. A young
lady. a fine singer and staunch Union,
ist, was on the program to sing Mary.
land. My Marylandr' She had never.
really read the words until she began
to study the song in order to render Il.
Then she became SO indignant as to-
refuse to sing at all, but it was repre-
sented to her that She was on the pro-
gram and. could not decline. There
fore, she cut out the verses that had
the most offensive illusions and sang
the rest. This outraged James r. RAN
dali, who arose in the meeting and bit-
terly denounced the butcherings OF his
immortal poem and declared that ''the
principles that I stood for in 1851 T.
stand for to-day He went out Of his
way to denounce the President of the
United States and made himself exceed
ingly offensive. He wanted to recite
the poem as he had written it. but no
one asked him to do so. The fair singer
said that she could not, as loyal
daughter of Maryland. sing Randalls
song and afterward sing the 'Star Span
gled Banner" The tune of Maryland,
My Maryland" is an old college song
and German nursery ballad. 1t is an
easy air to fit words to. and Randall's
production has little poetic merit. The
new words which have been written. are
Of a much higher order of versification
and refer to events in Maryland's his
tory prior to 1861. so that they can give
no offense to any one, but the proes-
sional rebels in Maryland, like Mr..
refuse to be satisfied.
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