2nd South Carolina String Band
Bonnie Blue Flag
[Verse 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 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!

[Verse 2]
As long as the Union
Was faithful to it's trust
Like friends and like brethren
Kind we were and just
But now when Northern treachery
Attempts our rights to mar
We'll hoist on high 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!
[Verse 3]
First gallant South Carolina
Nobly made the stand
Then came Alabama and
Took her by the hand
Next quickly Mississippi
Georgia, Florida
All raised on high 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!

[Verse 4]
Ye men of valor gather around
The banner of the right
Texas and fair Louisiana
Join us in the fight
Davis, our loved president
And Stephens statesmen are;
Rally behind 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!
[Verse 5]
And here's to brave Virginia
The Old Dominion state
With the young Confederacy
At length has linked her fate
Impelled by her example
Now other states prepare
To hoist on high 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!

[Verse 6]
Then cheer, boys, cheer
And 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]
Hurrah! Hurrah!
For Southern rights, hurrah!
Hurrah for the Bonnie Blue Flag that bears a single star!
[Verse 7]
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, cheer for that 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!
Hurrah! Hurrah!
For Southern rights, hurrah!
Hurrah for the Bonnie Blue Flag that bears a single star!