The Bonnie Blue Flag Harmonica Tabs

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We are a band of brothers,

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And native to the soil,

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Fighting for our Li-berty,

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With treasure, blood and toil.

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And when our rights were threatened,

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The cry rose near and far,

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Hurrah for the Bonnie Blue Flag,

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That bears a single star!

CHORUS

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Hurrah! Hurrah!

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For Southern rights, hurrah!

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Hurrah for the Bonnie Blue Flag,

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That bears a single star.

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As long as the Union,
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Was faithful to her trust,
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Like friends and brethren,
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Kind were we, and just
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But now, when Northern treachery,
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attempts our rights to mar,
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We hoist on high the Bonnie Blue Flag,
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That bears a single star.

CHORUS
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First gallant South Carolina,
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Nobly made the stand.
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Then came Alabama,
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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
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Ye men of valor gather round,
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The banner of the right,
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Texas and fair Louisiana,
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Join us in the fight.
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Davis, our loved President,
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And Stephens statesmen are.
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Now rally round the Bonnie Blue Flag,
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That bears a single star.

CHORUS
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And here’s to brave Virginia,
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The Old Dominion State.
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With the young Confederacy,
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At length has linked her fate.
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Impelled by her example,
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Now other States prepare,
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To hoist on high the Bonnie Blue flag,
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That bears a single star.

CHORUS
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Then here’s to our Confederacy,
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Strong we are and brave,
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Like patriots of old we’ll fight,
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Our heritage to save.
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And rather than submit to shame,
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To die we would prefer.
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So cheer for the Bonnie Blue flag,
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That bears a single star.

CHORUS
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Then cheer, boys, cheer,
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Raise a joyous shout,
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For Arkansas and North Carolina,
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Now have both gone out;
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And let another rousing cheer,
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For Tennessee be given.
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The single star of the Bonnie Blue Flag,
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Has grown to be eleven!