Hurrah for the Bonnie Blue Flag that bears a single star!Īs long as the Union was faithful to her trust We raised up high the Bonnie Blue Flag that bears a single star! When first our rights were threatened, and the cry rose near and far We're a band of brothers, native of the soilįighting for our liberty, with treasure, blood, and toil. That bears a single star." Complete lyrics Shall greet with shouts the Bonnie Blue Flag
Whittle in the 1904 Richmond Times Dispatch:
Īnnie Chambers Ketchum, a Confederate widow who risked her liberty to publish new verses to be sung, published a new version of the song under the title " The Gathering Song." The following verses were published in a eulogy by Gilberta S. Eleven other editions of the song were published with different lyrics. When Major General Benjamin Butler captured New Orleans, he allegedly arrested Blackmar, fined him $500, destroyed all copies of the music, and ordered that anyone caught whistling or singing "The Bonnie Blue Flag" would be fined $25 (roughly $500 in the 2010s ). The second line is sometimes given as "fighting for the property we gained by honest toil." University of San Diego professor Steve Schoenherr Īnd the library of Duke University record the "property" version which also has a publication date of 1861. Blackmar and Brother in New Orleans in 1861. These lyrics appear in a version held by the Library of Congress. Hurrah! for the Bonnie Blue Flag, that bears a single star. We are a band of brothers, and native to the soil,įighting for our liberty with treasure, blood, and toil Īnd when our rights were threatened, the cry rose near and far, Crispin's Day Speech in William Shakespeare's play Henry V (Act IV, scene ii). The "band of brothers" mentioned in the first line of the song recalls the well known St. Blackmar issued six editions of "The Bonnie Blue Flag" between 18 along with three additional arrangements. The New Orleans music publishing house of A.E. The song was premiered by lyricist Harry McCarthy during a concert in Jackson, Mississippi, in the spring of 1861 and performed again in September of that same year at the New Orleans Academy of Music for the First Texas Volunteer Infantry regiment mustering in celebration. The left flag on the sheet-music is the Bonnie Blue Flag. The song's title refers to the unofficial first flag of the Confederacy, the Bonnie Blue Flag. The words were written by the entertainer Harry McCarthy, with the melody taken from the song " The Irish Jaunting Car". " The Bonnie Blue Flag", also known as " We Are a Band of Brothers", is an 1861 marching song associated with the Confederate States of America.
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