Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 June 1877 — Red, White and Blue. [ARTICLE]

Red, White and Blue.

There are many variations of the words of Abe national hymn sung to this time. The following form has been adopted by the choir to lie sung on the occasion of the celebration of the 101st anniversary of Independence Day at Itensselaer: 0, Columbia ! the gem of the ocean, The home of the brave and the free, The shrine of e<ch patriot’s devotion, A world otters homag to thee; Thy mandates make heroes assemble. When Liberty’s form stands in view, Thy banners make tyranny tremble. When borne by the red, white uud blue. chorus. When borne by the red, white and blue, When borne by the red, white and blue, Thy banners make tyranny tremble; When borne by the rel, white and blue. When war winged its wide desolation, And threatened the land to deform. The ark then of freedom’s foundation, Columbia, rode safe thro’ the storm With her garlands of vict’ry around her, When so proudly she bore her brave crew, With ber flag i roudly tioatiug before her, The boast of the red, white and blue. Cho. —The boast of the red, etc. The Union, the Union for ver, Our glorious nation’s sweet hymn, May the wreaths it has won n -ver wither, Nor the star of its glory grow dim ! May the service united ne’er sever, But they to their colors prove true! The flag of our Union forever, Three cheers for the red, white and blue. Cho. —Three cheers for the red, etc.